Test 2 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the…
Bro, why did the giant get weaker up in the air?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, get up · To what, where: air
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2053 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off the ground and wins, then the Pygmies plan revenge» 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 why | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 why | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 giant | det |
| 6 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 did | xcomp |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 giant | parataxis |
| 8 | weaker | weak | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 get | compound:prt |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 air | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 air | det |
| 12 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | giant property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get up | infinitive | the air | weak property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Cuz he wasn't touching his mom, Earth, so all his power just drained out of him fast.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 touching | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 touching | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 touching | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 touching | advmod |
| 5 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mom | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 touching | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Earth | punct |
| 9 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mom | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 drained | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 drained | advmod |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 power | det:predet |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 power | nmod:poss |
| 14 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 drained | nsubj |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 drained | advmod |
| 16 | drained | drain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 touching | conj |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 drained | obl |
| 20 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 drained | advmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 touching | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | past · progressive | Cuz | Cuz's mom | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mom=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | drain out | past | Cuz's power | Cuz | fast property | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent he=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Cuz he wasn't touching his mom, Earth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 touching | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 touching | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 touching | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 touching | advmod |
| 5 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mom | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 touching | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Earth | punct |
| 9 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mom | appos |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 touching | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | past · progressive | Cuz | Cuz's mom | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mom=Co-Theme |
Option 3
Cuz he wasn't touching his dad, Sky.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 touching | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 touching | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 touching | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 touching | advmod |
| 5 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 touching | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Sky | punct |
| 9 | Sky | Sky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 dad | appos |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 touching | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | past · progressive | Cuz | Cuz's dad | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dad=Co-Theme |
Option 4
Cuz he forgot his magic rock.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 forgot | nsubj |
| 3 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 rock | nmod:poss |
| 5 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rock | amod |
| 6 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forgot | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 forgot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | Cuz | Cuz's magic rock | tree rules |
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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