Test 2 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits…
Wait, so Ulysses just whacked the lions with his spear?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Ulysses · What happens: wait, whack · To what, where: lions
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 whacked | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 whacked | advmod |
| 4 | Ulysses | Ulysses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 whacked | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 whacked | advmod |
| 6 | whacked | whack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lions | det |
| 8 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 whacked | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 spear | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 spear | nmod:poss |
| 11 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 whacked | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | whack | past | Ulysses | the lions | with Ulysses's spear | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent lion=Patient with spear=Instrument |
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 · ✓ the right answer
He gave them a proper telling-off with it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 off | det |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 off | amod |
| 6 | telling | telling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 off | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 off | punct |
| 8 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 off | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | He | a proper telling off | them = they | with off | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient off=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He gave them a proper telling-off with it and sent them packing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 off | det |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 off | amod |
| 6 | telling | telling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 off | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 off | punct |
| 8 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 off | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sent | cc |
| 12 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gave | conj |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 sent | obj |
| 14 | packing | packing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sent | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | He | a proper telling off | them = they | with off | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient off=Theme | ||
| 2 | send | past | He not said here | them = they | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination packing=Theme |
Option 3
He chased them off with a big stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 chased | nsubj |
| 2 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 chased | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 chased | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 stick | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 stick | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stick | amod |
| 8 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase off | past | He | them = they | with a big stick | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
He whacked each of them hard across the back with the flat side of it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 whacked | nsubj |
| 2 | whacked | whack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 whacked | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 each | nmod |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 whacked | advmod |
| 7 | across | across | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 back | det |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whacked | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 side | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 side | det |
| 12 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 side | amod |
| 13 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whacked | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 side | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whack | past | He | each | the back | with the flat side of side; hard property | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent each=Patient with side=Instrument |
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