Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…
the bulls were calm after the fire thing, like proper cows now
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bulls · What happens: be
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bulls | det |
| 2 | bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 calm | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 calm | cop |
| 4 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 thing | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 thing | det |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thing | compound |
| 8 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calm | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cows | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 cows | case |
| 11 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 cows | amod |
| 12 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 calm | conj |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 calm | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the bulls | after the fire thing; now | calm property | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they just wanted rubbing and cuddles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wanted | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 wanted | advmod |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | rubbing | rubbing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wanted | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cuddles | cc |
| 8 | cuddles | cuddle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rubbing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | they | rubbing and cuddles | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rubbing=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, they just wanted rubbing and cuddles, and they followed Jason around like puppies all night
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wanted | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 wanted | advmod |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | rubbing | rubbing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wanted | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cuddles | cc |
| 8 | cuddles | cuddle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rubbing | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 followed | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 followed | cc |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 followed | nsubj |
| 12 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wanted | conj |
| 13 | Jason | Jason | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 followed | obj |
| 14 | around | around | ADV | _ | 12 followed | advmod |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 puppies | case |
| 16 | puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 followed | obl |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 night | det |
| 18 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wanted | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | they | rubbing and cuddles | night | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rubbing=Theme | |||
| 2 | follow around | past | rubbing | Jason | like puppies; around property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jason=Theme |
Option 3
nah, they stayed super fierce and kept snorting fire at anyone who tried to get close
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | super | super | ADV | _ | 6 fierce | advmod |
| 6 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stayed | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 kept | cc |
| 8 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stayed | conj |
| 9 | snorting | snort | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 kept | xcomp |
| 10 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 snorting | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 anyone | case |
| 12 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 snorting | obl |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 tried | nsubj |
| 14 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 get | mark |
| 16 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 tried | xcomp |
| 17 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | they | fierce property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | they not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | snort | gerund | they not said here | fire | anyone | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient | |||
| 4 | try | past | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 5 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
yeah, they chilled out and ate grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chilled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chilled | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chilled | nsubj |
| 4 | chilled | chill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 chilled | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ate | cc |
| 7 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chilled | conj |
| 8 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chill out | past | they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | eat | past | they not said here | grass | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |
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