Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…
Which individual approaches Antaeus in the course of this passage, and what distinguishing equipment does he bear?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: individual, distinguishing equipment · What happens: approach, bear · To what, where: Antaeus, course
This is exam question 1 of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 individual | det |
| 2 | individual | individual | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 approaches | nsubj |
| 3 | approaches | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Antaeus | Antaeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 approaches | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 course | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 course | det |
| 7 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 approaches | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 passage | case |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 passage | det |
| 10 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 course | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bear | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 bear | cc |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 bear | obj |
| 14 | distinguishing | distinguishing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 equipment | amod |
| 15 | equipment | equipment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 bear | nsubj |
| 16 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 bear | aux |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 bear | nsubj |
| 18 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 approaches | conj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 approaches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approach | present | which individual | Antaeus | the course of this passage | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antaeus=Theme | |||
| 2 | bear | present · do-support | distinguishing equipment | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
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
Hercules, bearing a golden helmet and a club, who walks slowly towards the sleeping Giant on the road
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bearing | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hercules | punct |
| 3 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 helmet | det |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 helmet | amod |
| 6 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bearing | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 club | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 club | det |
| 9 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helmet | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 walks | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 walks | nsubj |
| 12 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 helmet | acl:relcl |
| 13 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 12 walks | advmod |
| 14 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 16 sleeping | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sleeping | det |
| 16 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 walks | obl |
| 17 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 sleeping | amod |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 road | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 road | det |
| 20 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Giant | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | gerund | Hercules | a golden helmet and a club | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient | ||||
| 2 | walk | present | a golden helmet and a club | the sleeping | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards sleeping=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hercules, bearing a golden helmet and a club
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bearing | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hercules | punct |
| 3 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 helmet | det |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 helmet | amod |
| 6 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bearing | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 club | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 club | det |
| 9 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helmet | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | gerund | Hercules | a golden helmet and a club | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient |
Option 3
a Pygmy chief, carrying a spear and shield
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chief | det |
| 2 | Pygmy | pygmy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 chief | amod |
| 3 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 carrying | punct |
| 5 | carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 chief | acl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 spear | det |
| 7 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carrying | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shield | cc |
| 9 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spear | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | gerund | a Pygmy chief not said here | a spear and shield | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme |
Option 4
Hercules, bearing a golden helmet, a club, and a lion skin cape thrown over his back
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bearing | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hercules | punct |
| 3 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 helmet | det |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 helmet | amod |
| 6 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bearing | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 club | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 club | det |
| 9 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helmet | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 thrown | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 thrown | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 cape | det |
| 13 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 skin | compound |
| 14 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cape | compound |
| 15 | cape | cape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 bearing | conj |
| 17 | over | over | ADP | _ | 19 back | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 back | nmod:poss |
| 19 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 thrown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | gerund | Hercules | a golden helmet and a club | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient | ||||
| 2 | throw | participle · passive | a skin cape | Hercules's back | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme over back=Destination |
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