Test 12 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight,…
test: Okay last one, who's the king that runs Colchis, and is he nice?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Okay last one, king, test · What happens: be, run · To what, where: king, Colchis
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 538 «Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight, lose friends, pass the clashing rocks and reach Colchis» 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 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 one | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 one | punct |
| 3 | Okay | okay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 one | amod |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 king | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 king | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 king | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 one | appos |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 runs | nsubj |
| 12 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 king | acl:relcl |
| 13 | Colchis | Colchis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 runs | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 nice | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 nice | cc |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 nice | cop |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 nice | nsubj |
| 18 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 one | parataxis |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Okay last one | the king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | present | the king | Colchis | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colchis=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | present | test | nice 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
King Aeolus, and he is kind and wise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Aeolus | Aeolus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 King | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 kind | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 kind | cc |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kind | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 kind | cop |
| 7 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 King | parataxis |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 wise | cc |
| 9 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kind | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | King | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | King not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
A cruel king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 2 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 king | amod |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
King Pelias, and he is greedy and old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Pelias | Pelias | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 King | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 greedy | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 greedy | cc |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 greedy | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 greedy | cop |
| 7 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 King | parataxis |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 old | cc |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 greedy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | King | greedy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | King not said here | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
King Aetes, and he is cruel and very strong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cruel | nsubj |
| 2 | Aetes | Aetes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 King | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cruel | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cruel | cc |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cruel | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cruel | cop |
| 7 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 strong | cc |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 strong | advmod |
| 10 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cruel | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | King | cruel property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | King not said here | tree rules |
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