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

wait, what did Medea's ride look like, like a magic chariot?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, ride, Medea · What happens: wait, look, ride

This is test 4 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 look	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 look	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 look	aux
5	Medea	Medea	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ride	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Medea	case
7	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 look	nsubj
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
9	like	like	ADP	_	14 chariot	case
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 chariot	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 chariot	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 chariot	det
13	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chariot	amod
14	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 look	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	past · do-support	Medea's ride	like a magic chariot	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	ride		Medea		nom ride «act 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 right answer

a fiery chariot pulled by dragons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chariot	det
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chariot	amod
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chariot	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 dragons	case
6	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		a fiery chariot not said here				by dragons	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

a bright chariot drawn by eagles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chariot	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chariot	amod
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chariot	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 eagles	case
6	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a bright chariot not said here				by eagles	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

a silver carriage pulled by horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 carriage	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 carriage	amod
3	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 carriage	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 horses	case
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		a silver carriage not said here				by horses	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

an ordinary wooden cart pulled by a pair of old oxen from the nearby farm

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cart	det
2	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cart	amod
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cart	amod
4	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cart	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 pair	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pair	det
8	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 oxen	case
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 oxen	amod
11	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pair	nmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 farm	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 farm	det
14	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 farm	amod
15	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		a ordinary wooden cart not said here				by a pair of old oxen; from the nearby farm	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from farm=Co-Patient

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