Test 9 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with o…
and jason said what, like for real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jason · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | jason | jason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 said | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 real | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 real | case |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 real | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | jason | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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 · ← Mova's choice
he said he'd send the enemy for the fleece
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 send | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 send | aux |
| 5 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 enemy | det |
| 7 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 fleece | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fleece | det |
| 10 | fleece | fleece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | send | would | he | the enemy | for the fleece | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme |
Option 2
he said he'd send that guy to get the golden fleece and make the king pay for everything
The tree, 19 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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 send | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 send | aux |
| 5 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 guy | det |
| 7 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 send | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 fleece | det |
| 11 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fleece | amod |
| 12 | fleece | fleece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 make | cc |
| 14 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 send | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 pay | det |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pay | compound |
| 17 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 make | obj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 everything | case |
| 19 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 17 pay | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | send | would | he | that guy | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | he not said here | the golden fleece | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fleece=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | make | infinitive | he not said here | the king pay | for everything | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent pay=Product for everything=Asset |
Option 3
he said he'd send that guy to get the golden fleece from the grove of Ares
The tree, 17 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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 send | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 send | aux |
| 5 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 guy | det |
| 7 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 send | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 fleece | det |
| 11 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fleece | amod |
| 12 | fleece | fleece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 grove | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 grove | det |
| 15 | grove | grove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Ares | case |
| 17 | Ares | ar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 grove | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | send | would | he | that guy | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | he not said here | the golden fleece | the grove of Ares | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fleece=Theme from grove=Source |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
he said he'd send that guy to get the golden fleece
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 send | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 send | aux |
| 5 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 guy | det |
| 7 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 send | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 fleece | det |
| 11 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fleece | amod |
| 12 | fleece | fleece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | send | would | he | that guy | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | he not said here | the golden fleece | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fleece=Stimulus |
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