Test 6 · ★ · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

what was the secret thing about the bed, tho?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: secret thing

This is test 6 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 thing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 bed	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tho	punct
10	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the secret thing and tho				about the bed	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 bed was built around a living olive tree that still had roots in the earth beneath the palace

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bed	det
2	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 built	aux:pass
4	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	around	around	ADP	_	9 tree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
7	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 olive	compound
8	olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	compound
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 had	obj
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 had	advmod
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 tree	acl:relcl
13	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 had	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 earth	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 earth	det
16	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obl
17	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	19 palace	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 palace	det
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 earth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · passive		the bed		a olive tree			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	have	past		a olive tree		the earth beneath the palace	still		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

one foot was an olive stump still in the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 foot	nummod
2	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stump	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stump	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stump	det
5	olive	olive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stump	amod
6	stump	stump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	still	still	ADV	_	6 stump	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stump	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	one foot	a olive stump		the ground	still		tree rules

Option 3

the base was a rooted olive trunk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 base	det
2	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trunk	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 trunk	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trunk	det
5	rooted	root	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 trunk	amod
6	olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trunk	compound
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	root	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	past	the base	a rooted olive trunk					tree rules

Option 4

the whole frame was carved from a living olive tree which stood rooted in the courtyard

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 frame	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 frame	amod
3	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carved	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carved	aux:pass
5	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
8	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 olive	compound
9	olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	compound
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carved	obl
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 rooted	nsubj:pass
12	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 rooted	aux:pass
13	rooted	root	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 tree	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 courtyard	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 courtyard	det
16	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rooted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past · passive		the whole frame		a olive tree			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from tree=Material
2	root	past · passive		a olive tree		the courtyard			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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