Test 7 · ★ · Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Thief: baby Hermes ste…
so what did the old guy get for keeping quiet, a cow?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old guy · What happens: do, get, keep
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 518 «Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Thief: baby Hermes steals oxen and turns a greedy shepherd to stone» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 did | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guy | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 guy | amod |
| 6 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | nsubj |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 keeping | mark |
| 9 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 get | advcl |
| 10 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 keeping | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cow | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cow | det |
| 13 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | the old guy | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | keep | gerund | the old guy not said here | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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
a fine lamb from the herd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 lamb | det |
| 2 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lamb | amod |
| 3 | lamb | lamb | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 herd | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 herd | det |
| 6 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lamb | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a share of the herd and a seat at the king's feast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 share | det |
| 2 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 herd | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 herd | det |
| 5 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 share | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 seat | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 seat | det |
| 8 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 herd | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 feast | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 feast | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 king | case |
| 13 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 share | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | the herd and a seat | the king's feast | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient at=place |
Option 3
the best ox of the flock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ox | det |
| 2 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 ox | amod |
| 3 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 flock | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 flock | det |
| 6 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ox | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
the finest cow in the herd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cow | det |
| 2 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 cow | amod |
| 3 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 herd | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 herd | det |
| 6 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cow | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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