Test 1 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows…

bruh, why was Cadmus chasing a cow for ages?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cadmus · What happens: chase · To what, where: cow

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	6 chasing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chasing	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 chasing	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chasing	aux
5	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 chasing	nsubj
6	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cow	det
8	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chasing	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ages	case
10	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cow	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 chasing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · progressive	Cadmus	a cow			for ages		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=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

his friends had made a silly bet

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	2 friends	nmod:poss
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bet	det
6	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bet	amod
7	bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · perfect · passive		his friends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary bet=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the oracle had promised that a sacred brindled cow would guide his steps to a new home

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 oracle	det
2	oracle	oracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promised	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 promised	aux
4	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 guide	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cow	det
7	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cow	amod
8	brindled	brindled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cow	amod
9	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guide	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 guide	aux
11	guide	guide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 promised	ccomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 steps	nmod:poss
13	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 guide	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 home	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 home	det
16	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 home	amod
17	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past · perfect · passive		the oracle		vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	guide	would	a sacred brindled cow	oracle's steps	a new home	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent step=Theme to home=Destination
3	step		oracle			nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

the Pythia had said that a heifer from the fields would show him where to settle

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Pythia	det
2	Pythia	Pythia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 show	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 heifer	det
7	heifer	heifer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 show	nsubj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 fields	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fields	det
10	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 heifer	nmod
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 show	aux
12	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 show	iobj
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 settle	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 settle	mark
16	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 show	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the Pythia		tree rules
2	show	would	a heifer from the fields		Pythia	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	settle	to-infinitive	a heifer from the fields not said here			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the oracle said a cow would lead him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 oracle	det
2	oracle	oracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lead	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 lead	aux
7	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lead	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the oracle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lead	would	a cow	oracle					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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