Test 5 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…
damocles was living his best life until he saw that sword
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: damocles, he · What happens: live, see · To what, where: best life, sword
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | damocles | damocle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 living | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 living | aux |
| 3 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 life | nmod:poss |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 living | obj |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 saw | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 living | advcl |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 sword | det |
| 11 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past · progressive | damocles | his best life | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | ||||
| 2 | see | past | he | that sword | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus |
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
the sword was sharp
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 | 4 sharp | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sharp | cop |
| 4 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the sword | sharp property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
the sword was hanging over his head by one horse-hair
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 | 4 hanging | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hanging | aux |
| 4 | hanging | hang | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 head | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hanging | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 hair | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 hair | nummod |
| 10 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hair | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 horse | punct |
| 12 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hanging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | past · progressive | the sword | sword's head | by one horse hair | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over head=Location |
Option 3
the king's sword was tied above his head with rope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sword | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tied | aux:pass |
| 6 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | above | above | 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 tied | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 rope | case |
| 11 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 head | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | past · passive | the king's sword | king's head with rope | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
the sword was dangling above his seat by a thread
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 | 4 dangling | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangling | aux |
| 4 | dangling | dangle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | above | above | ADP | _ | 7 seat | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 seat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dangling | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 thread | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 thread | det |
| 10 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dangling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dangle | past · progressive | the sword | sword's seat | by a thread | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above seat=Location |
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