Test 8 · ★ · Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers
Why do we still use the word panic?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we · What happens: use · To what, where: word panic
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» of the history 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 | 5 use | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 use | aux |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 use | nsubj |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 use | advmod |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 panic | det |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 panic | compound |
| 8 | panic | panic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 use | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 use | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · do-support | we | the word panic | still | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panic=Patient |
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
It was a Roman city
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 city | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 city | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 city | det |
| 4 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 city | amod |
| 5 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a Roman city | tree rules |
Option 2
It means olive oil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | olive | olive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 oil | amod |
| 4 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | olive oil | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Topic |
Option 3
It is the name of an Olympic sport
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 name | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 name | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 name | det |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sport | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sport | det |
| 7 | Olympic | olympic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sport | amod |
| 8 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the name | of a Olympic sport | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It comes from the Greek god Pan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 god | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 god | det |
| 5 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 god | amod |
| 6 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | obl |
| 7 | Pan | Pan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 god | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | It | from the Greek god | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from god=Initial_Location |
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