Test 1 · Ancient times and famous stories

"pyramids = slaves getting whipped, i saw it in a film" What would you tell your mate?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: slaves, pyramids, you · What happens: get, whip, see, tell · To what, where: it, film · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths 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	_	2 pyramids	punct
2	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 saw	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 slaves	punct
4	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pyramids	conj
5	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 slaves	acl
6	whipped	whip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 getting	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 pyramids	punct
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 film	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 film	det
13	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 tell	obj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 tell	aux
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 tell	nsubj
18	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 film	acl:relcl
19	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 mate	nmod:poss
20	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tell	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	get in a quote	gerund	slaves not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	whip in a quote	participle	slaves not said here			vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	see in a quote	past	pyramids and slaves	it	a film	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	tell speech: assert	would	you	a film		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient mate=Topic

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

Aliens built them, so there were no workers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aliens	alien	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 built	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 were	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 were	advmod
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 were	expl
7	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 built	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 workers	det
9	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 were	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	Aliens	them = they					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product
2	be	past	no workers			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Digs suggest mostly paid, fed workers; films add the whips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Digs	dig	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 suggest	nsubj
2	suggest	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	4 paid	advmod
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 suggest	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fed	punct
6	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 paid	conj
7	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fed	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 add	punct
9	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 add	nsubj
10	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 suggest	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 whips	det
12	whips	whip	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 add	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present	Digs			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	pay	participle	Digs not said here		mostly property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	feed	participle	Digs not said here	workers		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient
4	add speech: assert	present	films	the whips		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whip=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Romans built them with slaves from Britain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 built	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 slaves	case
5	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 built	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Britain	case
7	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	Romans	them = they		Britain		with slaves	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent they=Product from britain=Material

Option 4

The film is right; we even have old photos of the whipping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	conj
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 photos	amod
10	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 whipping	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 whipping	det
13	whipping	whipping	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 photos	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the film					right property	tree rules
2	have	present	we	old photos of the whipping					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Patient

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