Test 8 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…
Was Poseidon's gaff a golden palace, or just a shack?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: gaff
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gaff | cop |
| 2 | Poseidon | Poseidon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gaff | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Poseidon | case |
| 4 | gaff | gaff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 palace | nmod:poss |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 palace | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 palace | amod |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 shack | punct |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 shack | cc |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 shack | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 shack | det |
| 12 | shack | shack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 palace | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 palace | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Poseidon's gaff | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Golden walls covered in sea-monster carvings and a throne room where Zeus visits every single night
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 walls | amod |
| 2 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 walls | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 carvings | case |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 monster | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 sea | punct |
| 7 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 carvings | compound |
| 8 | carvings | carving | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 covered | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 room | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 room | det |
| 11 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 room | compound |
| 12 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walls | conj |
| 13 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 visits | advmod |
| 14 | Zeus | Zeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 visits | nsubj |
| 15 | visits | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 room | acl:relcl |
| 16 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 night | det |
| 17 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 night | amod |
| 18 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 visits | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | Golden walls and a throne room not said here | in monster carvings | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in carving=Theme | ||||
| 2 | visit | present | Zeus | night | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Plain stone outside, with a bit of gold inside, nothing fancy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stone | amod |
| 2 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 2 stone | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bit | punct |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 bit | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stone | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | nmod |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 7 bit | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fancy | punct |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 fancy | compound |
| 13 | fancy | fancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stone | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Golden outside, with fountains and crystal rocks, mega
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden | golden | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Golden | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fountains | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 fountains | case |
| 5 | fountains | fountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Golden | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 rocks | cc |
| 7 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rocks | amod |
| 8 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Golden | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mega | punct |
| 10 | mega | mega | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Golden | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Golden outside, with fountains, crystal rocks, sea-horses in the stables, and a whole fleet of ships moored out front
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden | golden | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Golden | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fountains | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 fountains | case |
| 5 | fountains | fountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Golden | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 rocks | punct |
| 7 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rocks | amod |
| 8 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Golden | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 horses | punct |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 horses | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 sea | punct |
| 12 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rocks | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 stables | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 stables | det |
| 15 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 horses | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fleet | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 fleet | cc |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 fleet | det |
| 19 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 fleet | amod |
| 20 | fleet | fleet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Golden | conj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 ships | case |
| 22 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 fleet | nmod |
| 23 | moored | moor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 ships | acl |
| 24 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 moored | compound:prt |
| 25 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 moored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moor out | participle | ships not said here | front | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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