Test 5 · ★★★ · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside…

«why is the last chapter called the return of ulysses, there's no ulysses in it» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: last chapter, best answer, ulysses · What happens: be, call, return · To what, where: last chapter, return, ulysses · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 chapter	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 chapter	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chapter	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chapter	det
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chapter	amod
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ulysses	nsubj
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 chapter	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 return	det
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 ulysses	case
11	ulysses	ulyss	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 return	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 's	punct
13	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	14 's	expl
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 ulysses	cop
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 ulysses	det
16	ulysses	ulyss	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 ulysses	nmod
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 ulysses	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 ulysses	parataxis
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 What	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 answer	det
23	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	24 answer	amod
24	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 What	nsubj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 ulysses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		the last chapter		tree rules
2	call in a quote	participle	the last chapter not said here	the return of ulysses		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent return=Recipient
3	is a in a quote	present	the last chapter	no ulysses	return	tree rules
4	is a	present	the best answer			tree rules
5	return in a quote		ulysses			nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

It is a mistake by the printer

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 mistake	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mistake	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mistake	det
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 printer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 printer	det
7	printer	printer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a mistake				by the printer	tree rules

Option 2

Ulysses was the name of Toad's father, who built Toad Hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 name	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past 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 father	case
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 father	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Toad	case
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 built	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 built	nsubj
11	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 name	parataxis
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Hall	compound
13	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 built	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ulysses	the name				of Toad's father	tree rules
2	build	past	the name	Toad Hall					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Product

Option 3

Ulysses is the real name of the Badger, which he keeps secret from his friends

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 name	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 name	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 name	amod
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Badger	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Badger	det
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 keeps	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 keeps	nsubj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keeps	nsubj
12	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 name	parataxis
13	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 keeps	xcomp
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 friends	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 friends	nmod:poss
16	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ulysses	the real name				of the Badger	tree rules
2	keep	present	the real name					from Ulysses's friends; secret property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from friend=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Like Ulysses, Toad comes home and drives out the strangers feasting in his hall

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	2 Ulysses	case
2	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 comes	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ulysses	punct
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drives	cc
8	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 comes	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 drives	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 strangers	det
11	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drives	obl
12	feasting	feast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 strangers	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 hall	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hall	nmod:poss
15	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	present	Toad			like Ulysses; home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drive out	present	Toad not said here	the strangers			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	feast	gerund	the strangers not said here		Toad's hall		vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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