Test 12 · ★ · Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates…

wait, did the Greeks think rain came from the sky?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Greeks, rain · What happens: wait, do, think, come · To what, where: sky · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 496 «Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates his fierce children, the Giants.» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Greeks	det
5	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 think	nsubj
6	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 think	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 sky	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sky	det
11	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	present	the Greeks		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	come	past	rain	the sky	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial_Location

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

no, rain falls only from the Nephelae, and the sea is made from the blood of Uranus

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 falls	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 falls	punct
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 falls	nsubj
4	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 Nephelae	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 Nephelae	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Nephelae	det
8	Nephelae	Nephelae	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 falls	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 made	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 made	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 made	aux:pass
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 falls	parataxis
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 blood	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 blood	det
17	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Uranus	case
19	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 blood	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	rain			the Nephelae			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from nephelae=Initial_Location
2	make	present · passive		the sea		the blood of Uranus			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from blood=Material

Option 2

yes, the sea is made from heaven's rain, which the Titans poured down from above

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 rain	case
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rain	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 heaven	case
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 poured	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 poured	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Titans	det
14	Titans	Titan	PROPN	Number=Plur	15 poured	nsubj
15	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 rain	acl:relcl
16	down	down	ADV	_	15 poured	advmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 above	case
18	above	above	ADV	_	15 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the sea	heaven's rain		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from rain=Material
2	pour down	past	the Titans	heaven's rain		down property	vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme from above=Initial_Location
3	rain		heaven				nom rain «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yes, the wind brings it from heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 brings	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	nsubj
5	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brings	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 heaven	case
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	the wind	it		heaven			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from heaven=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yes, the sea is made from heaven's rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 rain	case
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rain	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 heaven	case
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the sea		heaven's rain			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from rain=Material
2	rain		heaven						nom rain «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

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