Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…
wait, what did Hercules hit Antaeus with to make him fall?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Hercules, Antaeus · What happens: wait, hit, make, fall · To what, where: Antaeus
This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hit | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 hit | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hit | aux |
| 5 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hit | nsubj |
| 6 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | advcl |
| 7 | Antaeus | Antaeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hit | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 hit | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 make | mark |
| 10 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hit | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 make | obj |
| 12 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 make | xcomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hit | past · do-support | Hercules | Antaeus | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent what=Patient antaeus=Result | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | Hercules not said here | Antaeus | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | fall | infinitive | Antaeus not said here | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
a pine tree, swung at his knees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 2 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swung | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 tree | punct |
| 5 | swung | swing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 knees | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 knees | nmod:poss |
| 8 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 swung | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swing | participle | a pine tree | tree's knees | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at knee=Trajectory |
Option 2
a golden helmet, thrown at his face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 helmet | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 helmet | amod |
| 3 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 thrown | punct |
| 5 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 helmet | acl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 face | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 face | nmod:poss |
| 8 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thrown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | participle | a golden helmet not said here | his face | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at face=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
his club, right on the top of his head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 club | nmod:poss |
| 2 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 top | punct |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 top | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 top | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 top | det |
| 7 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 club | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 head | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 top | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stone | det |
| 2 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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