Test 9 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

So Janus gets a sulphur spring as a bodyguard, that's proper wild, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Janus, that · What happens: get, be

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» 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 gets	advmod
2	Janus	Janus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spring	det
5	sulphur	sulphur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spring	compound
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 bodyguard	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bodyguard	det
9	bodyguard	bodyguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spring	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wild	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 wild	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wild	cop
13	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wild	amod
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wild	punct
16	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 gets	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Janus				spring		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	that					wild 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

no, the spring only warmed the baths of the rich and never guarded anything at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 warmed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spring	det
4	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warmed	obl:unmarked
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 warmed	advmod
6	warmed	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 baths	det
8	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 warmed	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 rich	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rich	det
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 baths	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 guarded	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 guarded	advmod
14	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 warmed	conj
15	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 guarded	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 guarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	past		the baths of the rich			spring		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bath=Patient
2	not guard	participle		anything		all			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yes, it stopped the enemy at the gates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 enemy	det
6	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gates	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gates	det
9	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stopped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	it	the enemy		the gates			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality enemy=Eventuality

Option 3

no, it was a river that flooded Rome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 river	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 river	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 river	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 flooded	nsubj
8	flooded	flood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 river	acl:relcl
9	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 flooded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a river					tree rules
2	flood	past	a river	Rome					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rome=Patient

Option 4

yes, it stopped the enemy at the gates of the city and then vanished under the Forum

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 enemy	det
6	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gates	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gates	det
9	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stopped	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 city	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 city	det
12	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gates	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 vanished	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 vanished	advmod
15	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	conj
16	under	under	ADP	_	18 Forum	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Forum	det
18	Forum	Forum	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	it	the enemy		the gates of the city			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality enemy=Eventuality
2	vanish	past				the Forum	then		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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