Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home…

did Theseus want to be king, or was he just stuck

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Theseus · What happens: want, be · To what, where: king

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2050 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies» 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	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 king	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 king	cop
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 want	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stuck	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 stuck	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 stuck	cop
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stuck	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 stuck	advmod
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 want	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past · do-support	Theseus			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive	Theseus not said here	king		tree rules
3	is	past	Theseus		stuck property	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

he got stuck with it, whether he would or no, since the people chose him over his mother and the council

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stuck	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 would	punct
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 would	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 would	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 got	advcl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 no	cc
11	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 would	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 chose	punct
13	since	since	SCONJ	_	16 chose	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 people	det
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 chose	nsubj
16	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 chose	obj
18	over	over	ADP	_	20 mother	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 mother	nmod:poss
20	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 chose	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 council	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 council	det
23	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 mother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	choose	past	the people	him = he				over his mother and the council	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he took it, though he never asked for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
5	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 asked	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 asked	advmod
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not ask speech: ask	past	he					for it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he got stuck with it, whether he would or no, and he spent the rest of his days trying to give the crown back to the people

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stuck	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 would	punct
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 would	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 would	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 got	advcl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 no	cc
11	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 would	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 spent	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 spent	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 spent	nsubj
15	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rest	det
17	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 spent	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 days	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 days	nmod:poss
20	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 rest	nmod
21	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 spent	advcl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 give	mark
23	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 trying	xcomp
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 crown	det
25	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 give	obj
26	back	back	ADV	_	23 give	advmod
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 people	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 people	det
29	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	get	past	he			stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	spend	past	he	the rest of his days			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Asset
3	try	gerund	he not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	give back not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the crown	the people		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent crown=Theme to people=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he got stuck with it, whether he would or no

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stuck	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 would	punct
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 would	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 would	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 got	parataxis
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	2 got	cc
11	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	2 got	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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