Test 4 · ★ · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…

Did Grandad want him to walk to Athens, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, him · What happens: want, walk, innit · To what, where: him, Athens

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 want	aux
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 want	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 walk	mark
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 want	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Athens	case
8	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 walk	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	want	past · do-support	Grandad	him = he		tree rules
2	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here		Athens	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to athens=Result
3	innit	infinitive	him = he not said here			tree rules

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

Nah, he told him to take a boat, cos the roads are full of nasty robbers

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boat	det
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cos	punct
11	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roads	det
13	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 full	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 full	cop
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cos	ccomp
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 robbers	case
17	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 robbers	amod
18	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	a boat			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
3	co	present	he not said here				tree rules
4	is	present	the roads			of nasty robbers; full property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he said go by boat, roads are dodgy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 boat	case
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dodgy	punct
9	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dodgy	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dodgy	cop
11	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	infinitive		by boat	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by boat=Location
3	is	present	roads	dodgy property	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, he wanted him to walk all the way there, but the roads were fine, honestly

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 walk	mark
7	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 way	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	obl:unmarked
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 walk	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fine	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 fine	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 roads	det
15	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 fine	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 fine	cop
17	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wanted	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 honestly	punct
19	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	17 fine	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	him = he			tree rules
2	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	all way	there		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	the roads			fine, honestly property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, but only with some guards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 guards	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 guards	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 guards	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 guards	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 guards	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 guards	det
7	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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