Test 8 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home…

bro, the Pygmies got bonked by wheat, didn't they

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: bonk, not do · To what, where: Pygmies

This is test 8 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bonked	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Pygmies	det
4	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bonked	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bonked	aux:pass
6	bonked	bonk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 bro	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 wheat	case
8	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bonked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 did	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bonk	past · passive	bro not said here	the Pygmies				by wheat	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient by wheat=Location
2	not do	past	bro						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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

yeah, a falling stalk could smash a Pygmy flat, and the Giant had to dig them out of the wheat afterward, that's rough

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 smash	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stalk	det
4	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stalk	amod
5	stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smash	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 smash	aux
7	smash	smash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 flat	det
9	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 flat	amod
10	flat	flat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smash	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 had	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 had	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Giant	det
14	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 had	nsubj
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 smash	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 dig	mark
17	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 had	xcomp
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 dig	obj
19	out	out	ADP	_	22 wheat	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 wheat	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 wheat	det
22	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dig	obl
23	afterward	afterward	ADV	_	17 dig	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 rough	punct
25	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 rough	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 rough	cop
27	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 smash	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund					vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smash	could	a falling stalk	a Pygmy flat			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flat=Theme
3	have	past	the Giant				tree rules
4	dig	to-infinitive	the Giant not said here	them = they	the wheat	afterward property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out wheat=Location
5	is	present	that			rough property	tree rules

Option 2

yeah, one stalk of wheat was so heavy it could knock down a whole row of Pygmy houses, which is pretty rough

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 heavy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stalk	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 stalk	nummod
4	stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heavy	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wheat	case
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stalk	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 heavy	cop
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 heavy	advmod
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 knock	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 knock	aux
12	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 heavy	parataxis
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 knock	compound:prt
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 row	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 row	amod
16	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knock	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 houses	case
18	Pygmy	Pygmy	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 houses	compound
19	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 row	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 rough	punct
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 rough	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 rough	cop
23	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	24 rough	advmod
24	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 row	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	one stalk of wheat		heavy property	tree rules
2	knock down	could	stalk	a whole row of Pygmy houses		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent row=Patient
3	is	present	a whole row of Pygmy houses		pretty, rough property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yep, a single stalk could hit a Pygmy hard, kinda rough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	7 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stalk	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stalk	amod
5	stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hit	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hit	aux
7	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hard	det
9	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hard	amod
10	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hit	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rough	punct
12	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	13 rough	advmod
13	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	could	a single stalk	a Pygmy hard					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hard=Co-Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, a falling stalk could smash a Pygmy, that's rough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 smash	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 smash	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stalk	det
4	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stalk	amod
5	stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smash	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 smash	aux
7	smash	smash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Pygmy	det
9	Pygmy	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smash	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rough	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 rough	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rough	cop
13	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 smash	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smash	could	a falling stalk	a Pygmy		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pygmy=Theme
3	is	present	that		rough property	tree rules

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