Test 2 · ★ · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

so the old beggar gets a go, right? and the nobles just let him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old beggar, nobles · What happens: get, let · To what, where: go, beggar

This is test 2 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 gets	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beggar	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beggar	amod
4	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	nsubj
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 go	det
7	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 right	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	5 gets	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 let	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 nobles	det
13	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 let	nsubj
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 let	advmod
15	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 gets	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 let	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the old beggar	a go					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer go=Stimulus
2	let	infinitive	the nobles	beggar					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

nah, they mocked him loudly until the king's son finally stepped in between them

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 mocked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mocked	nsubj
4	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mocked	obj
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 mocked	advmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 stepped	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 son	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 king	case
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stepped	nsubj
12	finally	finally	ADV	_	13 stepped	advmod
13	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mocked	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	16 them	case
15	between	between	ADP	_	14 in	fixed
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stepped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	past	they	him = he				loudly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	step	past	the king's son					in them = they; finally property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in they=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

nah, they mocked him till Telemachus stepped in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 mocked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mocked	nsubj
4	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mocked	obj
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	8 stepped	mark
7	Telemachus	Telemachus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stepped	nsubj
8	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mocked	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	8 stepped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	past	they	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	step in	past	Telemachus						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

yeah, they gave him a turn, sure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 turn	det
7	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sure	punct
9	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 turn	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	they	a turn	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient turn=Theme

Option 4

yeah they let him, but only after a long argument that nobody could settle

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 let	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 argument	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 argument	cc
7	only	only	ADV	_	11 argument	advmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 argument	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 argument	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 argument	amod
11	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 settle	nsubj
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 settle	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 settle	aux
15	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 argument	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	they	a long argument	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient argument=Theme
2	settle	could	a long argument						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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