Test 6 · ★★★ · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside…
Mole goes to the stoats dressed as a washerwoman before the battle. Which part of the Odyssey is like that?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: go, dress, be · To what, where: stoats
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Mole goes to the stoats dressed as a washerwoman before the battle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 stoats | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stoats | det |
| 5 | stoats | stoat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 goes | obl |
| 6 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stoats | acl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 washerwoman | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 washerwoman | det |
| 9 | washerwoman | washerwoman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dressed | obl |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 battle | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 battle | det |
| 12 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dressed | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Mole | the stoats | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to stoat=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | dress | participle | the stoats not said here | before the battle | as a washerwoman | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Which part of the Odyssey is like that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Odyssey | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Odyssey | det |
| 5 | Odyssey | Odyssey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 part | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 that | cop |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 that | case |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 part | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | like that | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Odysseus stole a chariot from the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odysseus | Odysseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stole | nsubj |
| 2 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 chariot | det |
| 4 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stole | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stole | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | Odysseus | a chariot | from the king | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent chariot=Theme from king=Source |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Odysseus came home dressed as a beggar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odysseus | Odysseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 came | advmod |
| 4 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 came | advcl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 beggar | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 beggar | det |
| 7 | beggar | beggar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Odysseus | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dress | participle | Odysseus not said here | as a beggar | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Odysseus fought a dragon in the hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odysseus | Odysseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 fought | nsubj |
| 2 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fought | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 hall | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hall | det |
| 7 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | Odysseus | a dragon | the hall | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Odysseus sold his horse to a gipsy for gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odysseus | Odysseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sold | nsubj |
| 2 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 horse | nmod:poss |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sold | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 gipsy | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 gipsy | det |
| 7 | gipsy | gipsy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sold | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gipsy | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | Odysseus | Odysseus's horse | a gipsy for gold | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to gipsy=Recipient |
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