Test 8 · ★ · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…
How did people in Athens know about him before he got there?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Athens, he · What happens: do, know, get · To what, where: people
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2044 «The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone, finds his father's sword and sandals, and sets out for Athens» of the books 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 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 did | obj |
| 4 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 6 know | mark |
| 5 | Athens | athen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 know | nsubj |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | advcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 know | obl |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 got | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | ccomp |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 got | advmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | people | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | know | present | Athens | about him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | get | past | he | there | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Word had already spread that he was a hero
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Word | Word | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 spread | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 spread | aux |
| 3 | already | already | ADV | _ | 4 spread | advmod |
| 4 | spread | spread | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 hero | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hero | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 hero | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hero | det |
| 9 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spread | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | past · perfect · passive | Word | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Word | a hero | tree rules |
Option 2
Travellers had brought stories of his deeds from every corner of the land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 brought | aux |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 brought | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 deeds | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 deeds | nmod:poss |
| 7 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stories | nmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 corner | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 corner | det |
| 10 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 land | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 land | det |
| 13 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 corner | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · perfect · passive | Travellers | every corner of the land | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination story=Theme |
Option 3
He had sent a herald ahead of him to warn the whole city of Athens
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | aux |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 herald | det |
| 5 | herald | herald | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obj |
| 6 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 3 sent | advmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sent | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 warn | mark |
| 10 | warn | warn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sent | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 city | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 city | amod |
| 13 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 warn | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Athens | case |
| 15 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 city | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · perfect | He | a herald | of him = he; ahead property | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent herald=Theme of he=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | warn speech: warn | to-infinitive | He not said here | the whole city of Athens | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent city=Recipient |
Option 4
Rumours had reached them from Troezen first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rumours | rumour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reached | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 reached | aux |
| 3 | reached | reach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reached | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Troezen | case |
| 6 | Troezen | Troezen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reached | obl |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 reached | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past · perfect · passive | Rumours | Troezen | first property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme |
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