Test 3 · ★ · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…
Wagwan with the baby though, Demeter was putting him in the fire at night?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Demeter · What happens: put · To what, where: Wagwan, fire
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | Wagwan | Wagwan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 baby | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 baby | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 baby | det |
| 4 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | though | though | ADV | _ | 4 baby | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 putting | punct |
| 7 | Demeter | Demeter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 putting | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 putting | aux |
| 9 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 baby | acl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 putting | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 fire | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fire | det |
| 13 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 putting | obl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 night | case |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 putting | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 baby | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past · progressive | Demeter | Wagwan | the fire | night | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in fire=Destination |
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
yeah, she wanted him strong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | obj |
| 6 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | she | him = he | strong property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
nah, she was just trying to keep him warm through the cold nights of winter
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 trying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 trying | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 trying | advmod |
| 6 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 keep | mark |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 trying | xcomp |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 keep | obj |
| 10 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 keep | xcomp |
| 11 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 nights | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 nights | det |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 nights | amod |
| 14 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 trying | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 winter | case |
| 16 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 nights | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | she | night | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | him = he | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
nah, she was warming him up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 warming | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 warming | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 warming | aux |
| 5 | warming | warm | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 warming | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 warming | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warm up | past · progressive | she | him = he | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, she wanted him immortal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | obj |
| 6 | immortal | immortal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | she | him = he | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme immortal=Attribute |
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