Test 3 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

ngl, why was the stranger going to the Hesperides place?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl, stranger · What happens: be, go · To what, where: stranger, Hesperides place

This is test 3 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stranger	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 ngl	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stranger	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stranger	det
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stranger	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 place	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 place	det
10	Hesperides	hesperid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 place	compound
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 stranger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	ngl	the stranger					tree rules
2	go	gerund	the stranger not said here			the Hesperides place			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location

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

to snag three golden apples for King Eurystheus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 snag	mark
2	snag	snag	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 apples	nummod
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 apples	amod
5	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 snag	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 Eurystheus	case
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Eurystheus	compound
8	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 snag	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snag	to-infinitive		three golden apples				for King Eurystheus	tree rules

Option 2

to snag three golden apples for King Eurystheus, who ordered him to bring them home

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 snag	mark
2	snag	snag	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 apples	nummod
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 apples	amod
5	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 snag	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 Eurystheus	case
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Eurystheus	compound
8	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 apples	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ordered	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 ordered	nsubj
11	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 apples	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ordered	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 bring	mark
14	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 snag	advcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 bring	obj
16	home	home	ADV	_	14 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	snag	to-infinitive		three golden apples		for King Eurystheus	tree rules
2	order	past	three golden apples		Eurystheus		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	bring	to-infinitive		apples = apple		home property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

to fetch a lion for the Pygmies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 fetch	mark
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fetch	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 Pygmies	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Pygmies	det
7	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	to-infinitive		a lion				for the Pygmies	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lion=Theme for pygmy=Source

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

to grab some silver coins for his own king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 grab	mark
2	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 coins	det
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coins	compound
5	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grab	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 king	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 king	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 king	amod
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	to-infinitive		some silver coins				for his own king	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent coin=Theme for king=Beneficiary

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