Test 4 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight,…

test: Those bird things with the feathers, were they lowkey dangerous?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: test · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★ 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	13 dangerous	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 things	punct
3	Those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 things	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 things	compound
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 test	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 feathers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feathers	det
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 things	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 test	punct
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 dangerous	cop
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 dangerous	nsubj
12	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	13 dangerous	advmod
13	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	test and that bird things with the feathers					dangerous, lowkey 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, their feathers flew like arrows, so the heroes banged shields and yelled

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flew	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feathers	nmod:poss
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flew	nsubj
5	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 arrows	case
7	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flew	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 banged	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 banged	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heroes	det
11	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 banged	nsubj
12	banged	bang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flew	conj
13	shields	shield	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 banged	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 yelled	cc
15	yelled	yell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 flew	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fly	past	their feathers		like arrows	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bang	past	the heroes	shields		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shield=Theme
3	yell speech: express	participle	their feathers not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, they just screeched, so the heroes covered their ears and rowed on

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 screeched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 screeched	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 screeched	advmod
5	screeched	screech	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 covered	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 covered	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 heroes	det
9	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 covered	nsubj
10	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 screeched	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ears	nmod:poss
12	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 covered	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rowed	cc
14	rowed	row	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 screeched	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	14 rowed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	screech	past	they		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cover	past	the heroes	heroes's ears	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ear=Destination
3	row on	participle	they not said here		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yeah, super dangerous, their feathers were razor sharp and cut through armour, so the heroes had to bang shields and shout while retreating to the ship

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dangerous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dangerous	punct
3	super	super	ADV	_	4 dangerous	advmod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 razor	punct
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feathers	nmod:poss
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 razor	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 razor	cop
9	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dangerous	parataxis
10	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 razor	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cut	cc
12	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 sharp	conj
13	through	through	ADP	_	14 armour	case
14	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cut	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	19 had	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 heroes	det
18	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 had	nsubj
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	parataxis
20	to	to	PART	_	21 bang	mark
21	bang	bang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 had	xcomp
22	shields	shield	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 bang	obj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 shout	cc
24	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	conj
25	while	while	SCONJ	_	26 retreating	mark
26	retreating	retreat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 shout	advcl
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 ship	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 ship	det
29	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 retreating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	their feathers	razor			tree rules
2	cut	participle	their feathers not said here			through armour	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through armour=Patient
3	have	past	the heroes				tree rules
4	bang	to-infinitive	the heroes not said here	shields			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shield=Theme
5	shout speech: express	present					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	retreat	gerund			the ship		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ship=Initial_Location

Option 4

Yeah, they flung their feathers like arrows at everyone, and then Jason made a deal with them and they flew off in fear

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	nsubj
4	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feathers	nmod:poss
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flung	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 arrows	case
8	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flung	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 everyone	case
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 flung	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 made	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 made	advmod
14	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 made	nsubj
15	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flung	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 deal	det
17	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 deal	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 flew	cc
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 flew	nsubj
22	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flung	conj
23	off	off	ADP	_	22 flew	compound:prt
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 fear	case
25	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past	they	their feathers	everyone		like arrows	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent feather=Theme at everyone=Destination
2	make	past	Jason	a deal		then	with arrows = arrow	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Product
3	fly off	past	feathers = feather		fear			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fear=Location

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