Test 11 · ★ · Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befri…

So what's the next tale about, then?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: next tale

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 351 «Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befriends a lion and wins his freedom in Rome» 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	_	6 tale	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 tale	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tale	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tale	det
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tale	amod
6	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	about	about	ADV	_	9 then	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 about	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 tale	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 tale	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the next tale			then		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

Regulus returns to Carthage and faces the cruel Carthaginian generals in the fortress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Regulus	Regulus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Carthage	case
4	Carthage	Carthage	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 faces	cc
6	faces	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 returns	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 generals	det
8	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 generals	amod
9	Carthaginian	Carthaginian	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 generals	compound
10	generals	general	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 faces	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 fortress	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fortress	det
13	fortress	fortress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 faces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	Regulus		Carthage				vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to carthage=Result
2	face	present	Regulus not said here	the cruel Carthaginian generals				in the fortress	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent general=Destination in fortress=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The tale of Horatius holding the bridge against the whole Etruscan army from Lars Porsena

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Horatius	case
4	Horatius	Horatius	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tale	nmod
5	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 tale	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bridge	det
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holding	obj
8	against	against	ADP	_	12 army	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 army	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 army	amod
11	Etruscan	Etruscan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 army	compound
12	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holding	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 Lars	case
14	Lars	Lars	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 army	nmod
15	Porsena	Porsena	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Lars	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	the tale of Horatius not said here	the bridge		the whole Etruscan army from Lars			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme against army=Location
2	tell		Horatius						nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Horatius and the army at the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horatius	Horatius	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 army	cc
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 army	det
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Horatius	conj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 army	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Horatius and the Etruscans at the Tiber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horatius	Horatius	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Etruscans	cc
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Etruscans	det
4	Etruscans	Etruscan	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Horatius	conj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 Tiber	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Tiber	det
7	Tiber	Tiber	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Horatius	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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