Test 2 · ★★★ · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside…

A friend says the word «panic» comes from people dropping frying pans. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, word, people · What happens: say, come, drop, fry, be · To what, where: pans · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside «The Wind in the Willows»» of the language 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: A friend says the word «panic» comes from people dropping frying pans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 panic	punct
7	panic	panic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	appos
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 panic	punct
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 people	case
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 comes	obl
12	dropping	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 people	acl
13	frying	fry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 dropping	xcomp
14	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 frying	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	present	the word		from people	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from people=Initial_Location
3	drop	gerund	people not said here			tree rules
4	fry	gerund	people not said here	pans		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pan=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.

Sentence 2: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It comes from the sound a scared duck makes

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	_	5 sound	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sound	det
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comes	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 duck	det
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 duck	amod
8	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sound	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	It			the sound			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sound=Initial_Location
2	make	present	a scared duck	the sound not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It comes from the god Pan, who was said to send sudden fear

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	_	5 god	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 god	det
5	god	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 comes	obl
6	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 god	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 said	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	aux:pass
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 god	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 send	mark
12	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	xcomp
13	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fear	amod
14	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come	present	It		from the god	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from god=Initial_Location
2	say speech: assert	past · passive		the god		tree rules
3	send	to-infinitive		sudden fear		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme

Option 3

Yes, it comes from frying pans clattering on stone kitchen floors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 pans	case
6	frying	fry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pans	amod
7	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comes	obl
8	clattering	clatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pans	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 floors	case
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kitchen	compound
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 floors	compound
12	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clattering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	come	present	it	frying pans	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from pan=Initial_Location
2	fry	gerund			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	clatter	gerund	frying pans not said here	kitchen floors	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location

Option 4

It comes from a city called Panic in Italy

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	_	5 city	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comes	obl
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 city	acl
7	Panic	Panic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Italy	case
9	Italy	Italy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Panic	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	It			a city			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from city=Initial_Location
2	call	participle		a city not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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