Test 4 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the…

Those tiny dudes, the Pygmies, were they mad or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tiny dudes · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 dudes	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dudes	amod
3	dudes	dude	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 mad	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Pygmies	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pygmies	det
6	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dudes	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dudes	punct
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 mad	cop
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 mad	nsubj
10	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 mad	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that tiny dudes and the Pygmies					mad property	tree rules

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

Totally, they wanted revenge badly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	4 wanted	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
6	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 wanted	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they	revenge				badly, totally property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme

Option 2

Nah, they were just curious about the giant and wanted to see the big hero who had come to their land.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 curious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 curious	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 curious	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 curious	advmod
6	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 giant	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giant	det
9	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 curious	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wanted	cc
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 curious	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hero	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hero	amod
16	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	obj
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 come	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 come	aux
19	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 hero	acl:relcl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 land	case
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 land	nmod:poss
22	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 come	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 curious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			curious property	tree rules
2	want	past	they not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the big hero			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hero=Stimulus
4	come	past · perfect	the big hero		their land		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Totally, they were hyped for revenge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	5 hyped	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Totally	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hyped	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hyped	aux:pass
5	hyped	hype	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 revenge	case
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hyped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hyped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hype	past · passive		they				for revenge; totally property	tree rules

Option 4

Totally, they were hyped for revenge and gathered in a big crowd to plan it out.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	5 hyped	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Totally	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hyped	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hyped	aux:pass
5	hyped	hype	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 revenge	case
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hyped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gathered	cc
9	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hyped	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 crowd	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 crowd	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 crowd	amod
13	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gathered	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 plan	mark
15	plan	plan	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 gathered	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 plan	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	15 plan	compound:prt
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hyped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hype	past · passive	they		for revenge; totally property	tree rules
2	gather	past		a big crowd		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	plan out	to-infinitive	crowd			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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