Test 9 · ★ · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

why was Laertes dressed so raggedy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Laertes · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 dressed	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dressed	cop
3	Laertes	Laertes	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dressed	nsubj
4	dressed	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 raggedy	advmod
6	raggedy	raggedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dressed	xcomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Laertes					dress, raggedy 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

he had sold his royal robes to buy food for his household during the long famine

The tree, 16 words

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 sold	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sold	aux
3	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 robes	nmod:poss
5	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 robes	amod
6	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 buy	mark
8	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sold	advcl
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buy	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 household	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 household	nmod:poss
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buy	obl
13	during	during	ADP	_	16 famine	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 famine	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 famine	amod
16	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past · perfect	he	his royal robes					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme
2	buy	to-infinitive	he not said here	food			during the long famine	for his household	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Theme for household=Beneficiary

Option 2

he wore a worker's old tunic

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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 worker	det
4	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tunic	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 worker	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tunic	amod
7	tunic	tunic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	he	a worker's old tunic					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunic=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he was dressed like a labourer

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 dressed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dressed	aux:pass
3	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 labourer	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 labourer	det
6	labourer	labourer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		he				like a labourer	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

his clothes were old and torn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 clothes	nmod:poss
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 old	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 old	cop
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 torn	cc
6	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 old	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his clothes					old property	tree rules
2	tear	participle	his clothes not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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