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

is the whole Pygmy thing like a fairy tale, or nah

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: whole Pygmy thing

This is test 9 · ★ 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
4	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 tale	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tale	det
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tale	compound
9	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nah	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 nah	cc
12	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 thing	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the whole Pygmy thing				like a fairy tale	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

it's a tale, but the author says it's about tiny folks in Africa, and the author swears he met some, kinda, lol

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tale	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tale	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tale	det
4	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 author	det
8	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tale	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 folks	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 folks	cop
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 folks	case
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 folks	amod
14	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 says	ccomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Africa	case
16	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 folks	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 swears	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 swears	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 author	det
20	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 swears	nsubj
21	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tale	conj
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 met	nsubj
23	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 swears	ccomp
24	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	23 met	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 kinda	punct
26	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	21 swears	advmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tale	punct
28	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 tale	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a tale			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the author	a tale not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tale=Topic
3	is	present	author		Africa	about tiny folks	tree rules
4	swear	present	the author			kinda property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	meet	past	Africa	some			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Co-Agent

Option 2

it's a story, but the author says it's about real folks, kinda

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 story	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 story	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 story	det
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 author	det
8	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 story	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 folks	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 folks	cop
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 folks	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 folks	amod
14	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 says	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 story	punct
16	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	4 story	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a story	kinda property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the author			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	author		about real folks	tree rules

Option 3

it's a myth, and the author says it's about a sea voyage, kinda

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 myth	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 author	det
8	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 voyage	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 voyage	cop
12	about	about	ADV	_	15 voyage	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 voyage	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 voyage	compound
15	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 myth	punct
17	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	4 myth	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a myth	kinda property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the author			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	author	a sea voyage	about property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it's a tale, but the author says it's about tiny folks in Africa, kinda

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tale	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tale	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tale	det
4	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 author	det
8	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tale	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 folks	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 folks	cop
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 folks	case
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 folks	amod
14	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 says	ccomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Africa	case
16	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 folks	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 kinda	punct
18	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	4 tale	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a tale		kinda property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the author	a tale not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tale=Topic
3	is	present	author		Africa	about tiny folks	tree rules

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