Test 12 · ★ · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

how long did he rule after that, like, chill?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: rule, chill

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 561 «Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 rule	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rule	aux
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rule	nsubj
5	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 that	case
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 rule	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 chill	punct
9	like	like	INTJ	_	11 chill	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
11	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rule	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 rule	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past · do-support	he				after that	long property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	chill	infinitive	he not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

he ruled for a long time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ruled	nsubj
2	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	he				time		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

for many years, until he was old and his son took the throne after him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	for	for	ADP	_	3 years	case
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 years	amod
3	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 old	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 years	punct
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 old	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 old	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 old	cop
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 took	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 took	nsubj
12	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 old	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 throne	det
14	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 took	obj
15	after	after	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he				year	old property	tree rules
2	take	past	his son	the throne			after him = he		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme

Option 3

he was king for years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 king	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 king	cop
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 years	case
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	king			year		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

for many years, he was king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	for	for	ADP	_	3 years	case
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 years	amod
3	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 king	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 years	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 king	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 king	cop
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	king			year		tree rules

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