Test 3 · ★ · Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates…
why was Uranus so salty about the Giants?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Uranus · What happens: be
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 496 «Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates his fierce children, the Giants.» 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 salty | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 salty | cop |
| 3 | Uranus | Uranus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 salty | nsubj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 salty | advmod |
| 5 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 Giants | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Giants | det |
| 8 | Giants | Giant | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 salty | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 salty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Uranus | about the Giants; salty 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
they were rough and wild and he feared they'd hurt him when they grew up
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rough | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rough | cop |
| 3 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wild | cc |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rough | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 feared | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 feared | nsubj |
| 8 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rough | conj |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hurt | nsubj |
| 10 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hurt | aux |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 feared | ccomp |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hurt | obj |
| 13 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 grew | advmod |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 grew | nsubj |
| 15 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 hurt | advcl |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 grew | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | rough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | they not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | fear | past | he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | hurt | would | they | him = he | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | ||||
| 5 | grow up | past | they | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
they were rough, so he hid them in the earth and then feared they'd hurt him
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rough | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rough | cop |
| 3 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hid | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 hid | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hid | nsubj |
| 7 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rough | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hid | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 earth | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 earth | det |
| 11 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hid | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 feared | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 feared | advmod |
| 14 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rough | conj |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 hurt | nsubj |
| 16 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 hurt | aux |
| 17 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 feared | ccomp |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | rough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | past | he | them = they | the earth | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in earth=Location | |||
| 3 | fear | past | they not said here | then | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | hurt | would | they | him = he | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient |
Option 3
they were ugly and he wanted them gone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ugly | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ugly | cop |
| 3 | ugly | ugly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wanted | cc |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wanted | nsubj |
| 6 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ugly | conj |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wanted | obj |
| 8 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wanted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | ugly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | he | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go not said to happen | participle | them = they not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
they were rough and he feared they'd hurt him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rough | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rough | cop |
| 3 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 feared | cc |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 feared | nsubj |
| 6 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rough | conj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hurt | nsubj |
| 8 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 hurt | aux |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 feared | ccomp |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | rough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fear | past | he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | hurt | would | they | him = he | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient |
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