Test 6 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

That temple on Etna, did the dogs really know who was good?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: temple, dogs · What happens: do, know, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace is described» 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	2 temple	det
2	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 Etna	case
4	Etna	Etna	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 temple	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 temple	punct
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dogs	det
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 know	nsubj
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 know	advmod
10	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 did	ccomp
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 good	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 good	cop
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 know	ccomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	that temple on Etna		tree rules
2	know	present	the dogs		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past		good 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

Nah, they just wandered around the temple all day and ignored everybody, which was the whole point of the old place

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wandered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wandered	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wandered	advmod
5	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	around	around	ADP	_	8 temple	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 temple	det
8	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wandered	obl
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wandered	obl:unmarked
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ignored	cc
12	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wandered	conj
13	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 ignored	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 point	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 point	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 point	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 point	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 point	amod
19	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 everybody	appos
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 place	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 place	det
22	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 place	amod
23	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander	past	they		the temple	day		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around temple=Trajectory
2	ignore	past	they not said here	everybody				vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everybody=Theme
3	is a	past		the whole point			of the old place	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, they just barked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 barked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 barked	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 barked	advmod
5	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	past	they						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nah, they were just random dogs who ran off the visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 dogs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dogs	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dogs	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 dogs	advmod
6	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dogs	amod
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 ran	nsubj
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dogs	acl:relcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 ran	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 visitors	det
12	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ran	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	they	random dogs					tree rules
2	run off	past	random dogs	the visitors					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they fawned on the good ones and chased the bad ones off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fawned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fawned	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fawned	nsubj
4	fawned	fawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 ones	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ones	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fawned	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 chased	cc
10	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fawned	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ones	det
12	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ones	amod
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 chased	obj
14	off	off	ADP	_	10 chased	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fawn	past	they					on the good ones	vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	chase off	past	they not said here	the bad ones					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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