Test 14 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

that whole sword thing was dramatic, it's like a horror movie fr

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sword thing, thing · What happens: be

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 352 «Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the bridge alone and saves Rome from Porsena's army» 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	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 thing	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sword	amod
3	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thing	compound
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dramatic	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dramatic	cop
6	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fr	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fr	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fr	cop
10	like	like	ADP	_	14 fr	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fr	det
12	horror	horror	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 movie	compound
13	movie	movie	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fr	compound
14	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dramatic	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that sword thing					dramatic property	tree rules
2	is	present	thing					like a movie fr	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

the sword hung by a single hair and could fall any moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sword	det
2	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fall	nsubj
3	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sword	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 hair	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hair	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 hung	cc
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fall	aux
10	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 moment	det
12	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fall	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	participle		the sword not said here				by a single hair	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hair=Location
2	fall	could	the sword				moment		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

the knife hung over the table and could fall at any second

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knife	det
2	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	nsubj
3	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fall	cc
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fall	aux
9	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hung	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 second	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 second	det
12	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	past	the knife			the table			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over table=Location
2	fall	could	the knife not said here				second		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

the sword dangled by a thread over his head at the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sword	det
2	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	dangled	dangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sword	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 thread	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thread	det
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dangled	obl
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thread	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 feast	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 feast	det
12	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dangled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dangle	participle		the sword not said here		the feast		by a thread over his head	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by thread=Location

Option 4

the sword hung by a single hair and could fall any moment onto the king's guest below

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sword	det
2	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fall	nsubj
3	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sword	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 hair	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hair	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 hung	cc
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fall	aux
10	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 moment	det
12	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fall	obj
13	onto	onto	ADP	_	17 guest	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 guest	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 king	case
17	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fall	obl
18	below	below	ADV	_	17 guest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	participle		the sword not said here				by a single hair	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hair=Location
2	fall	could	the sword				moment	onto the king's guest	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme onto guest=Initial_Location

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