Test 7 · ★ · Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the fie…
Lol, what were the dragon teeth for?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: dragon teeth
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 539 «Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the field of Ares, the Fleece and a murder» 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 | Lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lol | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 teeth | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teeth | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 teeth | compound |
| 7 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 what | nsubj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 teeth | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the dragon teeth | 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
To make a poison for the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 poison | det |
| 4 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | a poison | for the king | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent poison=Product for king=Beneficiary |
Option 2
To grow a field of golden grain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 grow | mark |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 field | det |
| 4 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grow | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 grain | case |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 grain | amod |
| 7 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 field | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | to-infinitive | a field of golden grain | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location field=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sowing them so armed men popped up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sowing | sow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 men | csubj |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Sowing | obj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 armed | advmod |
| 4 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 men | amod |
| 5 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | popped | pop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 men | acl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 popped | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sow | gerund | them = they | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pop up | participle | armed men not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
To poison the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 poison | mark |
| 2 | poison | poison | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 river | det |
| 4 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 poison | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poison | to-infinitive | the river | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |
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