Test 12 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine…

what made Theseus fail at his speech?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: his · What happens: make, speak · To what, where: Theseus fail, speech · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2045 «A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine nearly kills Theseus before his father recognizes him» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fail	compound
4	fail	fail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 speech	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 speech	nmod:poss
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		Theseus fail		his speech			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material fail=Product
2	speak		his = he						nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

the king's stern face frightened him so badly that he could not remember anything he had planned to say

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 face	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 face	amod
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frightened	nsubj
6	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 frightened	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 badly	advmod
9	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 frightened	advmod
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 remember	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 remember	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 remember	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 remember	advmod
14	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 frightened	advcl
15	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 remember	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 planned	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 planned	aux
18	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 anything	acl:relcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 say	mark
20	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 planned	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	frighten	past	the king's stern face	king	badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	not remember	could	face	anything		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
3	plan	past · perfect	face			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	face not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

all the big feelings choked him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 feelings	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feelings	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feelings	amod
4	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 choked	nsubj
5	choked	choke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 choked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choke	past	all big feelings		him = he				vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination

Option 3

his feelings broke his words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 feelings	nmod:poss
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 words	nmod:poss
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	his feelings	his words					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Patient
2	word		his = he						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

the words he had practiced for weeks slipped from his mind the moment he saw the throne

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 slipped	nsubj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 practiced	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 practiced	aux
5	practiced	practice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 words	acl:relcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 weeks	case
7	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 practiced	obl
8	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 mind	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mind	nmod:poss
11	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slipped	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 moment	det
13	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slipped	obl:unmarked
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 saw	nsubj
15	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 moment	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 throne	det
17	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	practice	past · perfect	he	the words not said here	week		vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	slip	past	the words		moment	from his mind	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from mind=Co-Patient
3	see	past	he	the throne			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer throne=Stimulus
4	mind		his = he				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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