Test 6 · Ancient times and famous stories
Grace says Druids built Stonehenge. What does the timing show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grace, Druids · What happens: say, build, do · To what, where: Stonehenge, timing show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: Grace says Druids built Stonehenge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Druids | druid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 built | nsubj |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | Stonehenge | Stonehenge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Grace | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | build | past | Druids | Stonehenge | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stonehenge=Product |
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 the timing show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 show | det |
| 4 | timing | timing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 show | compound |
| 5 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the timing show | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The Druids finished building it just before the Romans came
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Druids | det |
| 2 | Druids | druid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 finished | nsubj |
| 3 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | building | build | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 finished | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 building | obj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 came | advmod |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 came | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Romans | det |
| 9 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 building | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | past | the Druids | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | build | gerund | the Druids not said here | it | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ||||
| 3 | come | past | the Romans | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The Druids built it in the Middle Ages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Druids | det |
| 2 | Druids | druid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 built | nsubj |
| 3 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 built | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Ages | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Ages | det |
| 7 | Middle | Middle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Ages | flat |
| 8 | Ages | Age | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | the Druids | it | in the Middle Ages | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
Option 3
The Druids and Stonehenge appeared on the same day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Druids | det |
| 2 | Druids | druid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 appeared | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Stonehenge | cc |
| 4 | Stonehenge | Stonehenge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Druids | conj |
| 5 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 appeared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | the Druids and Stonehenge | day | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It was begun over 2,000 years before Druids are mentioned
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 | 3 begun | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 begun | aux:pass |
| 3 | begun | begin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADV | _ | 5 2,000 | advmod |
| 5 | 2,000 | 2000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 years | nummod |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 begun | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 mentioned | mark |
| 8 | Druids | druid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 mentioned | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 mentioned | aux:pass |
| 10 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 begun | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past · passive | It | year | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | mention speech: other | present · passive | Druids | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
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