Test 2 · ★ · Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mo…

Bruv, how did Amphion make the walls of Thebes go up so fast?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Amphion, walls · What happens: make, go up

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 501 «Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mortal women in disguise, and Lycaon plots to test 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 make	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 make	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 make	aux
5	Amphion	Amphion	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 make	nsubj
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 go	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Thebes	case
10	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 walls	nmod
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	parataxis
12	up	up	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 fast	advmod
14	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 go	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · do-support	Amphion					Bruv vocative	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go up	present	the walls of Thebes					fast property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

Zeus sent builders down from the sky to help him, proper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
4	down	down	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 sky	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 help	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 proper	punct
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send down	past	Zeus	builders		the sky		down property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent builder=Theme from sky=Initial_Location
2	help	to-infinitive	Zeus not said here		Zeus				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 2

He sang to the stones, bruv

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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 stones	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stones	det
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sang	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	He		the stones				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to stone=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He played his lyre, proper sweet

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 played	nsubj
2	played	play	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 lyre	nmod:poss
4	lyre	lyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 played	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 played	punct
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sweet	amod
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 played	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	He	his lyre					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lyre=Theme

Option 4

He called the gods down to help him out

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gods	det
4	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 called	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 help	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	7 help	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call down speech: assert	past	He		the gods			down property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent god=Recipient
2	help out	to-infinitive	He not said here		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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