Test 7 · ★ · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…
Harpies are vultures with girl heads?? that's creepy
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harpies, that · What happens: be · To what, where: vultures
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» 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 | Harpies | harpy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 vultures | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 vultures | cop |
| 3 | vultures | vulture | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 heads | case |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 heads | compound |
| 6 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 vultures | nmod |
| 7 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 3 vultures | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 creepy | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 creepy | cop |
| 10 | creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 vultures | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Harpies | vultures | with girl heads | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | that | creepy property | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they steal your food and fly super fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 steal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 steal | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 steal | nsubj |
| 4 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 food | nmod:poss |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steal | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fly | cc |
| 8 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 steal | conj |
| 9 | super | super | ADV | _ | 10 fast | advmod |
| 10 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 fly | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | present | they | your food | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fly | present | they not said here | fast property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, they're creepy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 creepy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 creepy | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 creepy | cop |
| 5 | creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | they | creepy property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, they're birds that guard the gates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 birds | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 birds | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 birds | cop |
| 5 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 guard | nsubj |
| 7 | guard | guard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 birds | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gates | det |
| 9 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 guard | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | birds | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | guard | present | birds | the gates | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Yeah, they snatch food and haunt the blind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 snatch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 snatch | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snatch | nsubj |
| 4 | snatch | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 snatch | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 haunt | cc |
| 7 | haunt | haunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 snatch | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 blind | det |
| 9 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 haunt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snatch | present | they | food | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | ||||
| 2 | haunt | present | they not said here | the blind | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus blind=Experiencer |
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