Test 4 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…

Was Pentheus gutted or chuffed when he got himself torn to bits by his own mum?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Pentheus · What happens: gut, chuff, get, tear · To what, where: Pentheus, bits

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gutted	aux:pass
2	Pentheus	Pentheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gutted	nsubj:pass
3	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 chuffed	cc
5	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gutted	conj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 got	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gutted	advcl
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 got	obj
10	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 got	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 bits	case
12	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 torn	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 mum	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mum	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mum	amod
16	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 torn	obl:agent
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	gut	past · passive		Pentheus		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	chuff	participle				tree rules
3	get	past	Pentheus	Pentheus		tree rules
4	tear	participle	Pentheus not said here		bits	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bit=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Well gutted, mate, that's proper grim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Well	well	INTJ	_	2 gutted	discourse
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mate	punct
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gutted	vocative
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 grim	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 grim	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 grim	cop
8	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grim	amod
9	grim	grim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gutted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle						mate vocative	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	that					grim property	tree rules

Option 2

Chuffed, he was dead proud of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 proud	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Chuffed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 proud	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 proud	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proud	amod
6	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 proud	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuff	participle	he not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	he					of it; proud property	tree rules

Option 3

Proper chuffed, he was over the moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proper	properly	ADV	_	2 chuffed	advmod
2	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 moon	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 chuffed	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 moon	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 moon	cop
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moon	det
8	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuff	participle	he not said here					properly property	tree rules
2	is	past	he			the moon			tree rules

Option 4

Chuffed, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mate	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Chuffed	punct
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuff	participle							tree rules

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