Test 4 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

lowkey, what did the Pygmies do to wake the giant up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lowkey, Pygmies · What happens: do, wake up · To what, where: giant

This is test 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. 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pygmies	det
6	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 wake	mark
9	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 do	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wake	obj
12	up	up	ADP	_	9 wake	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	lowkey		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the Pygmies		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wake up	to-infinitive	the Pygmies not said here	the giant	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent giant=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 · ✓ the right answer

poked him with swords and shouted in his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	poked	poke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 poked	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 swords	case
4	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 poked	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shouted	cc
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 poked	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 face	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 face	nmod:poss
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke	past		him = he				with swords	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent he=Theme with sword=Instrument
2	shout speech: express	past				his face			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

they poked him with swords and shouted in his face until he finally woke up angry

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 poked	nsubj
2	poked	poke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 poked	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 swords	case
5	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 poked	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shouted	cc
7	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 poked	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 face	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 woke	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 woke	nsubj
13	finally	finally	ADV	_	14 woke	advmod
14	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 poked	advcl
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 woke	compound:prt
16	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 woke	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	poke	past	they	him = he		with swords	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent he=Theme with sword=Instrument
2	shout speech: express	past	they not said here		his face		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wake up	past	he			angry, finally property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

they tied ropes to his legs and shouted in his face, poking him with swords and spears

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tied	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 legs	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 legs	nmod:poss
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tied	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shouted	cc
8	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 face	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 face	nmod:poss
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shouted	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 poking	punct
13	poking	poke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 shouted	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 poking	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 swords	case
16	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 poking	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 spears	cc
18	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 swords	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tie	past	they	ropes		to his legs	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient to leg=Co-Patient
2	shout speech: express	past	they not said here		his face		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	poke	gerund	they not said here	him = he		with swords and spears	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent he=Theme with sword=Instrument

Option 4

they whistled and danced around his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 whistled	nsubj
2	whistled	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 danced	cc
4	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 whistled	conj
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 danced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	past	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dance	past	they not said here			his feet			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around foot=Location

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