Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★
★★★ Seren in Swansea: «Vikings in horned helmets, proper history, mun.» Fix it.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, you · What happens: ★, fix · To what, where: Seren, Swansea, mun
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» 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
Sentence 1: ★★★ Seren in Swansea: «Vikings in horned helmets, proper history, mun.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Seren | Seren | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Swansea | case |
| 6 | Swansea | Swansea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Vikings | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 Vikings | punct |
| 9 | Vikings | Viking | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 ★ | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 helmets | case |
| 11 | horned | horned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 helmets | amod |
| 12 | helmets | helmet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 Vikings | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 history | punct |
| 14 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 history | amod |
| 15 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Vikings | appos |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mun | punct |
| 17 | mun | mun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 history | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | present | ★ | Seren | Swansea | 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.
Sentence 2: Fix it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fix | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | mun | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1
The horns were Roman, not Viking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 horns | det |
| 2 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Roman | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 Roman | cop |
| 4 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Viking | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 Viking | advmod |
| 7 | Viking | Viking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Roman | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the horns | Viking vocative; roman property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only Viking kings ever wore horns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 kings | advmod |
| 2 | Viking | viking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kings | compound |
| 3 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wore | nsubj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 wore | advmod |
| 5 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | Viking kings | horns | ever | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent horn=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The horns come from an opera of 1876
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 horns | det |
| 2 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 opera | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 opera | det |
| 6 | opera | opera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 1876 | case |
| 8 | 1876 | 1876 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 opera | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the horns | a opera of 1876 | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from opera=Initial_Location |
Option 4
The horns are right, but they were gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 horns | det |
| 2 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gold | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 gold | cc |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gold | nsubj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 gold | cop |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the horns | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | horns = horn | gold | tree rules |
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