Test 11 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…

Real talk, what did the bread and bed turn into for poor Midas?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bread · What happens: do, turn · To what, where: Real talk, poor Midas

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 520 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god's youth, travels and the golden king Midas» 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	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 talk	amod
2	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bread	det
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turn	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bed	cc
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bread	conj
10	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 Midas	case
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 Midas	case
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Midas	amod
14	Midas	Midas	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 turn	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Real talk					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Eventuality
2	turn	present	the bread and bed					into poor Midas result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into midas=Result

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

Solid gold, which he could not eat, and he nearly starved in his golden palace

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gold	amod
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 eat	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 eat	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 eat	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 eat	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 eat	advmod
8	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gold	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 starved	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 starved	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 starved	nsubj
12	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	13 starved	advmod
13	starved	starve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 eat	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 palace	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 palace	nmod:poss
16	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 palace	amod
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 starved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	could	he	Solid gold					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient
2	starve	past	he			his golden palace		nearly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Solid gold, and it was a nightmare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gold	amod
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nightmare	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 nightmare	cc
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 nightmare	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 nightmare	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 nightmare	det
8	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a nightmare					tree rules

Option 3

Stone, and it was a curse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 curse	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 curse	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 curse	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 curse	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 curse	det
7	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stone	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a curse					tree rules

Option 4

Silver, and it was a disaster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 disaster	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 disaster	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 disaster	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 disaster	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 disaster	det
7	disaster	disaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Silver	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a disaster					tree rules

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