Test 2 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece,…

Bro, why did Ceres get so salty about the grass?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ceres · What happens: get

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2076 «Tanglewood Tales, Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece, part 35: Proserpina returns, then Jason reaches a raging river» 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	6 get	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 salty	advmod
8	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 grass	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grass	det
11	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 salty	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	Ceres					Bro vocative; salty 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 · ✓ the right answer

Cause the earth was going green when she told it to stay dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 earth	det
3	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Cause	ccomp
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 going	xcomp
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 told	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 stay	mark
12	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	go	past · progressive	the earth		green property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	past	earth	it		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
4	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	earth not said here		dead property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Cause the earth was going green in spring even though she had told it to stay dead, and the gods laughed at her

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 earth	det
3	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Cause	ccomp
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 going	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 spring	case
8	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	obl
9	even	even	ADV	_	13 told	advmod
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 told	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 told	aux
13	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 going	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 stay	mark
16	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 told	xcomp
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 stay	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 laughed	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 laughed	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gods	det
21	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 laughed	nsubj
22	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	parataxis
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 her	case
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	go	past · progressive	the earth		spring	green property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	past · perfect	earth	it			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
4	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	earth not said here			dead property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	laugh	past	the gods			at earth	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cause the earth was going green when she had ordered it to stay dead and barren until her daughter came home

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 earth	det
3	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Cause	ccomp
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 going	xcomp
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 ordered	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ordered	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ordered	aux
10	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 going	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ordered	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 stay	mark
13	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ordered	xcomp
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stay	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 barren	cc
16	barren	barren	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dead	conj
17	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 came	mark
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 daughter	nmod:poss
19	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 stay	advcl
21	home	home	ADV	_	20 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	go	past · progressive	the earth		green property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	order	past · perfect	earth	it		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
4	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	earth not said here		dead property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	come	past	earth's daughter		home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Cause the fields were flooding when she wanted them dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fields	det
3	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flooding	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flooding	aux
5	flooding	flood	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Cause	ccomp
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 wanted	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flooding	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	obj
10	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	flood	past · progressive	the fields			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	want	past	she	fields = field	dry property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot they=Theme

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