Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…
Determine the outcome of the final contest between Antaeus and Hercules, as described by the narrator.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, describe · To what, where: outcome
This is exam question 4 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 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 outcome | det |
| 3 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 contest | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 contest | det |
| 6 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 contest | amod |
| 7 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 outcome | nmod |
| 8 | between | between | ADP | _ | 9 Antaeus | case |
| 9 | Antaeus | Antaeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 contest | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Hercules | cc |
| 11 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Antaeus | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 described | punct |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 described | mark |
| 14 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Determine | parataxis |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 narrator | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 narrator | det |
| 17 | narrator | narrator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 described | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the outcome of the final contest between Antaeus and Hercules | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic | ||||
| 2 | describe | participle | by the narrator | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
the pine tree is shattered and the Giant's blow fails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 2 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shattered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shattered | aux:pass |
| 5 | shattered | shatter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fails | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 blow | det |
| 8 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 blow | amod |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Giant | case |
| 10 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fails | nsubj |
| 11 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shattered | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shatter | present · passive | the pine tree | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | fail | present | the Giant blow | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the Giant falls and the Pygmies sing a song
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 falls | det |
| 2 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 falls | amod |
| 3 | falls | fall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sing | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Pygmies | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Pygmies | det |
| 6 | Pygmies | pygmy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 falls | conj |
| 7 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 song | det |
| 9 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | the Giant falls and the Pygmies | a song | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
Option 3
the Pygmies flee and the Giant wins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Pygmies | det |
| 2 | Pygmies | pygmy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 flee | nsubj |
| 3 | flee | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wins | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wins | det |
| 6 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 wins | amod |
| 7 | wins | win | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 flee | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | present | the Pygmies | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
the pine tree is shattered and the Giant's blow fails, so Hercules wins the contest at last
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 2 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shattered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shattered | aux:pass |
| 5 | shattered | shatter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fails | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 blow | det |
| 8 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 blow | amod |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Giant | case |
| 10 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fails | nsubj |
| 11 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shattered | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wins | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 wins | advmod |
| 14 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 wins | nsubj |
| 15 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shattered | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 contest | det |
| 17 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wins | obj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 last | case |
| 19 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 wins | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shatter | present · passive | the pine tree | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | fail | present | the Giant blow | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | win | present | Hercules | the contest | last | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent contest=Theme at last=Asset |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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