Test 10 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine…

why was Theseus crying, like, for real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Theseus · What happens: cry

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2045 «A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine nearly kills Theseus before his father recognizes him» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 crying	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crying	aux
3	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crying	nsubj
4	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
6	like	like	INTJ	_	4 crying	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 crying	punct
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 real	case
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crying	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 crying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · progressive	Theseus					for real	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for real=Recipient

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

he remembered every tale his mother had told him about the king's kindness and honor in old days

The tree, 19 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	2 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 tale	det
4	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 told	aux
8	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remembered	parataxis
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	iobj
10	about	about	ADP	_	14 kindness	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kindness	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 king	case
14	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 honor	cc
16	honor	honor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kindness	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 days	case
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 days	amod
19	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	he	every tale					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tale=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		his mother	him = he		day	about the king's kindness and honor	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic

Option 2

he missed his father dearly

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	2 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	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 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj
5	dearly	dearly	ADV	_	2 missed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	he	his father				dearly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus

Option 3

he was overcome with joy at seeing the father he had never truly known as a boy

The tree, 17 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 overcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 overcome	aux:pass
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 joy	case
5	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 overcome	obl
6	at	at	SCONJ	_	7 seeing	mark
7	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 overcome	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 father	det
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seeing	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 known	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 known	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 known	advmod
13	truly	truly	ADV	_	14 known	advmod
14	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 father	acl:relcl
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 boy	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 boy	det
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seeing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	overcome	past · passive		he	with joy	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	see	gerund		the father	as a boy	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus as boy=Attribute
3	not know	past · perfect · passive	the father not said here	he	truly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he felt sad his dad was so old

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	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 old	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 old	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 old	advmod
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sad	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	he					sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	past	his dad					old property	tree rules

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