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Test 3 · ★★★ · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside…

In the myth Pan frightens people; in the book he is a kind «Friend and Helper». What does that show?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Pan, that · What happens: frighten, be, show · To what, where: people, myth, kind Friend, book

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: In the myth Pan frightens people; in the book he is a kind «Friend and Helper».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 myth	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 myth	det
3	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 frightens	obl
4	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 frightens	nsubj
5	frightens	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 frightens	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 frightens	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 book	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 book	det
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Friend	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 Friend	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 Friend	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 Friend	det
14	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Friend	compound
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 Friend	punct
16	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 frightens	advcl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Helper	cc
18	Helper	Helper	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Friend	conj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 Friend	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 frightens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present	Pan	people		the myth			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer
2	is a in a quote	present	Pan	a kind Friend and Helper		the book			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: What does that show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	that						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1

The Greeks never told any stories about Pan at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Greeks	det
2	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 told	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 told	advmod
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 stories	det
6	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 Pan	case
8	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stories	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	past	the Greeks	any stories		all		about Pan	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent story=Recipient about pan=Topic

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

A writer can borrow a myth and change it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 writer	det
2	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 borrow	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 borrow	aux
4	borrow	borrow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 myth	det
6	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 borrow	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 change	cc
8	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 borrow	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	can	a writer	a myth					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myth=Theme
2	change	infinitive	a writer not said here	myth					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

The book got the myth wrong by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 myth	det
5	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 mistake	case
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the book	the myth				by mistake; wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer myth=Stimulus

Option 4

Pan became kinder as he got older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kinder	kind	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 became	xcomp
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 got	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	advcl
7	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	Pan					kind property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	get	past	Pan					old property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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