Test 6 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…
no cap, why did the giant get so mad at the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap · What happens: do · To what, where: giant get
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 cap | punct |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 did | advmod |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 get | det |
| 7 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | amod |
| 8 | get | get | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 mad | advmod |
| 10 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 did | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 end | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 end | det |
| 13 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mad | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | no cap | the giant get | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent get=Eventuality |
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 Pygmies laughed at his size and shape
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 laughed | nsubj |
| 3 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 size | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 size | nmod:poss |
| 6 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 shape | cc |
| 8 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 size | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | the Pygmies | his size and shape | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
his pine tree got smashed by the stranger's club
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 | 3 tree | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smashed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 smashed | aux:pass |
| 5 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 club | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stranger | det |
| 8 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 club | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 stranger | case |
| 10 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smashed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | past · passive | the stranger's club | his pine tree | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
his pine tree got smashed by the stranger's club after he had been tricked by the Pygmies
The tree, 18 words
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 | 3 tree | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smashed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 smashed | aux:pass |
| 5 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 club | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stranger | det |
| 8 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 club | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 stranger | case |
| 10 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smashed | obl |
| 11 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 15 tricked | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 tricked | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 tricked | aux |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 tricked | aux:pass |
| 15 | tricked | trick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 smashed | advcl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 Pygmies | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Pygmies | det |
| 18 | Pygmies | pygmy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 tricked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | past · passive | the stranger's club | his pine tree | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | trick | past · perfect · passive | the Pygmies | he | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 4
his pine tree got smashed by the stranger's club, and his mother the Earth was hurt too
The tree, 18 words
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 | 3 tree | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smashed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 smashed | aux:pass |
| 5 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 club | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stranger | det |
| 8 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 club | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 stranger | case |
| 10 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smashed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 hurt | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 hurt | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 mother | nmod:poss |
| 14 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Earth | det |
| 16 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 mother | appos |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 hurt | aux:pass |
| 18 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 smashed | conj |
| 19 | too | too | ADV | _ | 18 hurt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | past · passive | the stranger's club | his pine tree | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hurt | past · passive | his mother | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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