Test 5 · ★ · Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a s…
That servant was well sneaky, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: servant · What happens: be
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 536 «Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a son found again» 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 servant | det |
| 2 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sneaky | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sneaky | cop |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 sneaky | advmod |
| 5 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sneaky | punct |
| 7 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 sneaky | discourse |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 sneaky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | that servant | sneaky, well 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
Yeah, he slipped a drug in the cup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 slipped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 slipped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 slipped | nsubj |
| 4 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 drug | det |
| 6 | drug | drug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slipped | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cup | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cup | det |
| 9 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slipped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip | past | he | a drug | the cup | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent drug=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he put poison in Ion's wine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 wine | case |
| 7 | Ion | Ion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 wine | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Ion | case |
| 9 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | he | poison | Ion's wine | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Theme in wine=Destination |
Option 3
Yeah, he hid a dagger in his cloak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hid | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dagger | det |
| 6 | dagger | dagger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cloak | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cloak | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | a dagger | his cloak | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dagger=Patient in cloak=Location |
Option 4
Yeah, he was sneaky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 sneaky | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sneaky | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sneaky | cop |
| 5 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | sneaky property | tree rules |
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