Test 14 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Thes…
yo, what did Theseus say when she asked if he'd go home?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Theseus, he · What happens: say, ask, go · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 2048 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Theseus and gives him a silken string to find his way through the maze.» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 6 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 5 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 asked | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 asked | nsubj |
| 9 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | advcl |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 go | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 go | nsubj |
| 12 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 go | aux |
| 13 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 asked | ccomp |
| 14 | home | home | ADV | _ | 13 go | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | Theseus | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | Theseus | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go a condition, not said to happen | would | he | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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
No, I will never leave Crete
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 leave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 leave | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 leave | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 leave | advmod |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | Crete | Crete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not leave | future | I | Crete | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crete=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, I will sail home now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 sail | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 sail | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 sail | aux |
| 5 | sail | sail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 sail | advmod |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 sail | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | future | I | now | home property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, I will go home with you as soon as the dawn comes up
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 go | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 go | obl |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 soon | advmod |
| 10 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 go | advmod |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 comes | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 dawn | det |
| 13 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 comes | nsubj |
| 14 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 soon | advcl |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 comes | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | future | I | with you; home, soon property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | come up | present | the dawn | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
No, I will never leave Crete until I have slain the Minotaur and wiped out the king's shame
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 leave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 leave | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 leave | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 leave | advmod |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | Crete | Crete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obj |
| 8 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 11 slain | mark |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 slain | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 slain | aux |
| 11 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 leave | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Minotaur | det |
| 13 | Minotaur | Minotaur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 slain | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 wiped | cc |
| 15 | wiped | wipe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 leave | conj |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 15 wiped | compound:prt |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 king | det |
| 18 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 shame | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 king | case |
| 20 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wiped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not leave | future | I | Crete | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crete=Theme | ||||
| 2 | slay | present · perfect | I | the Minotaur | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minotaur=Patient | ||||
| 3 | wipe out | past | I not said here | the king's shame | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent shame=Source | ||||
| 4 | shame | the king | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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