Test 8 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…
Ngl, who was the one who got to live when the captain got smashed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl, one · What happens: be, get, live, smash · To what, where: one, captain
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Ngl | Ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 one | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 one | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 one | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 one | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 one | det |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 one | acl:relcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 live | mark |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 got | xcomp |
| 11 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 smashed | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 captain | det |
| 13 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 smashed | nsubj |
| 14 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 smashed | aux:pass |
| 15 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 live | advcl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Ngl | the one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | the one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | live | to-infinitive | the one not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | smash | past · passive | the captain | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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 pilot who warned the captain and was then saved by the god himself from the sea
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pilot | det |
| 2 | pilot | pilot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 warned | nsubj |
| 4 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 pilot | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 captain | det |
| 6 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 warned | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 saved | cc |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 saved | aux:pass |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 saved | advmod |
| 10 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 warned | conj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 god | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 god | det |
| 13 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saved | obl |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 saved | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 sea | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sea | det |
| 17 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | past | the pilot | the captain | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent captain=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | save | past · passive | the god | himself = he | the sea | then | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent himself=Theme from sea=Source |
Option 2
The helmsman, the man who prayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 helmsman | det |
| 2 | helmsman | helmsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prayed | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 man | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helmsman | conj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 prayed | nsubj |
| 7 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | past | the helmsman and the man | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 3
The sailor, the lad with the kind heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sailor | det |
| 2 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lad | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lad | det |
| 5 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sailor | conj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 heart | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 heart | det |
| 8 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 heart | amod |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lad | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The steersman, the pilot with the good heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 steersman | det |
| 2 | steersman | steersman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pilot | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pilot | det |
| 5 | pilot | pilot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 steersman | appos |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 heart | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 heart | det |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 heart | amod |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pilot | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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