Test 2 · ★ · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…
Innit wild that the king's daughters just chatted to a random old lady at the well?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: daughters · What happens: chat
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» 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 | Innit | Innit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wild | compound |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 chatted | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 daughters | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 king | case |
| 7 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 chatted | nsubj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 chatted | advmod |
| 9 | chatted | chat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wild | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 lady | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 lady | det |
| 12 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lady | amod |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lady | amod |
| 14 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chatted | obl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 well | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 well | det |
| 17 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lady | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chat speech: other | past | the king's daughters | to a random old lady at the well | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they were proper kind to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 kind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 kind | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | cop |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 kind | advmod |
| 6 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kind | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | her = she | kind, properly property | tree rules |
Option 2
yeah, they gave her some food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 food | det |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | they | some food | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient food=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, they were proper kind to her and took her home to meet their mum
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 kind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 kind | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | cop |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 kind | advmod |
| 6 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kind | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 took | cc |
| 10 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | conj |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 home | nmod:poss |
| 12 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 took | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 meet | mark |
| 14 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 took | advcl |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 mum | nmod:poss |
| 16 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 meet | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | her = she | kind, properly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | take | past | they not said here | her home | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | ||||
| 3 | meet | to-infinitive | they not said here | their mum | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Co-Agent |
Option 4
nah, they were actually quite rude to her and shut the gate in her face
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 rude | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rude | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 rude | cop |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 rude | advmod |
| 6 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 7 rude | advmod |
| 7 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rude | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 shut | cc |
| 11 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 rude | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gate | det |
| 13 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shut | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 face | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 face | nmod:poss |
| 16 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | her = she | actually, rude property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | shut | past | they not said here | the gate | her face | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gate=Patient |
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