Test 6 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the…

Who was the dude on the toadstool giving the big speech?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toadstool · What happens: be, give · To what, where: dude, toadstool, big speech

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 dude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dude	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dude	det
4	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 toadstool	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toadstool	det
7	toadstool	toadstool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dude	nmod
8	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 toadstool	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 speech	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 speech	amod
11	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giving	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the dude		the toadstool			tree rules
2	give	gerund	the toadstool not said here	the big speech					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme

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

One of their best speakers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 speakers	case
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 speakers	nmod:poss
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 speakers	amod
5	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 One	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

One of their best orators, who had been chosen to speak for the whole tribe that day.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 orators	case
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 orators	nmod:poss
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 orators	amod
5	orators	orator	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 chosen	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 chosen	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 chosen	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 chosen	aux:pass
10	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 orators	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 speak	mark
12	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 chosen	xcomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 tribe	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tribe	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tribe	amod
16	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 speak	obl
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tribe	nmod:unmarked
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 One	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past · perfect · passive		their best orators					tree rules
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive						for the whole tribe that day	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The brother of the slain giant, who came from a faraway land to demand justice for him.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brother	det
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 slain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 slain	det
5	slain	slain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brother	nmod
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slain	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 came	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 land	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 land	det
12	faraway	faraway	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 land	amod
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 demand	mark
15	demand	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 came	advcl
16	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 demand	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 demand	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the brother of the slain			a faraway land			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from land=Initial_Location
2	demand speech: request	to-infinitive	the brother of the slain not said here	justice				for brother	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme justice=Precondition

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

One of their best orators.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 orators	case
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 orators	nmod:poss
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 orators	amod
5	orators	orator	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 One	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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