Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home…

so the Pygmy fields were like a rug, right

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pygmy fields · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	8 rug	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fields	det
3	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fields	amod
4	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rug	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rug	cop
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 rug	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rug	det
8	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rug	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	8 rug	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Pygmy fields					like a rug	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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the biggest one was like Sweet Fern's flower bed, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	12 bed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bed	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
4	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 one	amod
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bed	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bed	cop
7	like	like	ADP	_	12 bed	case
8	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Fern	amod
9	Fern	Fern	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 bed	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Fern	case
11	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bed	compound
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bed	punct
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 bed	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the biggest one					like Sweet Fern's flower bed	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, the fields were way bigger than a rug, the biggest one was like a whole county, lol, and it took days to walk

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fields	det
4	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 way	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 way	amod
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 rug	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rug	det
10	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bigger	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 county	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 one	det
13	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 county	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 county	cop
16	like	like	ADP	_	19 county	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 county	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 county	amod
19	county	county	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	parataxis
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lol	punct
21	lol	lol	INTJ	_	19 county	discourse
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 took	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 took	cc
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 took	nsubj
25	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 way	conj
26	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 took	obj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 walk	mark
28	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 took	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the fields	way			tree rules
2	is	past	the biggest one			like a whole county	tree rules
3	take	past	it		day		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	walk	to-infinitive					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

yeah, the biggest one was like Sweet Fern's flower bed, but with wheat growing up taller than any Pygmy, lol

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	12 bed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bed	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
4	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 one	amod
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bed	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bed	cop
7	like	like	ADP	_	12 bed	case
8	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Fern	amod
9	Fern	Fern	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 bed	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Fern	case
11	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bed	compound
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wheat	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 wheat	cc
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 wheat	case
16	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bed	appos
17	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 wheat	acl
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 growing	compound:prt
19	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 growing	xcomp
20	than	than	ADP	_	22 Pygmy	case
21	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	22 Pygmy	det
22	Pygmy	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 taller	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wheat	punct
24	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 bed	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the biggest one					like Sweet Fern's flower bed	tree rules
2	grow up	gerund	wheat not said here					tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

yep, like a little rug of grain, sort of, I guess, lol

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 rug	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rug	punct
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 rug	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rug	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rug	amod
6	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 grain	case
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rug	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sort	punct
10	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rug	conj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 guess	mark
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 guess	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 guess	nsubj
14	guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sort	acl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 guess	punct
16	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 rug	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	present	I	sort not said here					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Theme

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