Test 11 · ★ · Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman…

proper gutted for Regulus, yeah? why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: gut

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 350 «Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman leaves his field to save Rome and then gives back his power» 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	proper	properly	ADV	_	2 gutted	advmod
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Regulus	case
4	Regulus	Regulus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gutted	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Regulus	punct
6	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	2 gutted	discourse
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 gutted	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle						for Regulus; properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 worried about his sons in Rome

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 worried	nsubj
2	worried	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 sons	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sons	nmod:poss
5	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 worried	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Rome	case
7	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 worried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry	past	He			Rome		about his sons	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about son=Stimulus

Option 2

He missed his farm and his fields

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 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 farm	nmod:poss
4	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fields	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fields	nmod:poss
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 missed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	He	his farm					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer farm=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He feared never seeing family again

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 seeing	advmod
4	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 feared	xcomp
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeing	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	2 feared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He				again		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	not see	gerund	He not said here	family					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus

Option 4

He lost a battle

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 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 battle	det
4	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	He	a battle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality

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