Test 3 · ★ · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…

Why did his mum look proper gutted when he lifted it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, he · What happens: gut, lift · To what, where: it

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2044 «The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone, finds his father's sword and sandals, and sets out for Athens» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 gutted	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 gutted	aux
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gutted	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 gutted	aux
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 gutted	advmod
7	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 lifted	advcl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 lifted	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lifted	nsubj
10	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lifted	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 lifted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	past · do-support	his mum					properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	lift	past	he	it					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cos she knew he was growing up and leaving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 knew	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 growing	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 growing	aux
6	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 knew	ccomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 growing	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 leaving	cc
9	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 growing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	know	past	she	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	grow up	past · progressive	he	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	gerund	he not said here	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Cos the stone nearly crushed him, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 stone	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stone	det
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crushed	obl
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	5 crushed	advmod
5	crushed	crush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 crushed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crushed	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crush	past		him = he				cos the stone; mate vocative; nearly property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Cos she was worried he'd be sad later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 worried	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 worried	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 worried	cop
4	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sad	advcl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sad	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sad	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 sad	cop
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 sad	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					worried property	tree rules
2	is	would	he					late, sad property	tree rules

Option 4

Cos she knew he was gonna leave for ages and never come back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 knew	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gonna	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gonna	aux:pass
6	gonna	gonna	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knew	ccomp
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gonna	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ages	case
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leave	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 come	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 come	advmod
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 knew	conj
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
14	home	home	ADV	_	12 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	she				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	gonna	past · passive		he			tree rules
3	leave	infinitive			for ages		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient
4	not come back	infinitive	she not said here			home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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