Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with o…
so the king got happy and said "go for it"?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: get, say, go · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2078 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 said | cc |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 go | obl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the king | happy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the king not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go in a quote | infinitive | for it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |
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
yeah, he was glad cause he thought jason would fail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 cause | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cause | cop |
| 5 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cause | amod |
| 6 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fail | nsubj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 thought | nsubj |
| 8 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cause | acl:relcl |
| 9 | jason | jason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thought | obj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 fail | aux |
| 11 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | glad cause | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | cause | jason | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot jason=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fail | would | glad cause | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he was stoked cause he thought jason would die
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stoked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stoked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stoked | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stoked | aux:pass |
| 5 | stoked | stoke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 8 thought | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 thought | nsubj |
| 8 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stoked | advcl |
| 9 | jason | jason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thought | obj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 die | aux |
| 11 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 jason | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stoke | past · passive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | he | jason | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot jason=Theme | ||||
| 3 | die | would | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he was happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 happy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 happy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happy | cop |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | happy property | tree rules |
Option 4
yeah, he smiled cause he figured jason would be killed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 smiled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 smiled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 smiled | nsubj |
| 4 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 7 figured | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 figured | nsubj |
| 7 | figured | figure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 smiled | advcl |
| 8 | jason | jason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 killed | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 killed | aux:pass |
| 11 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 figured | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | past | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | figure | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | kill | would · passive | jason | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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