Test 2 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's…

Mate, what was that public mint next to her shrine even for?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: be · To what, where: public mint

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 503 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's gifts and her shield» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mint	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 mint	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mint	cop
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 mint	mark
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mint	amod
7	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mate	conj
8	next	next	ADV	_	7 mint	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 shrine	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 shrine	nmod:poss
11	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 next	obl
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 for	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	8 next	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Mate and public mint	public mint				next property	tree rules

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

Storing grain for the poor folk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Storing	store	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Storing	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 folk	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 folk	det
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 folk	amod
6	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Storing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	gerund		grain				for the poor folk	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme

Option 2

A public mint where the Athenian state struck silver owls and other coins for trade with all the islands

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mint	det
2	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mint	amod
3	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 struck	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 state	det
6	Athenian	Athenian	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 state	compound
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 struck	nsubj:pass
8	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mint	acl
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 owls	compound
10	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 struck	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 coins	cc
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 coins	amod
13	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 owls	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 trade	case
15	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 struck	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 islands	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 islands	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 islands	det
19	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	participle · passive		the Athenian state				for trade; with all islands	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient owl=Result with island=Instrument

Option 3

Minting coins for the city and for the temple's priests to offer as gifts to pilgrims

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minting	mint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Minting	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 city	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Minting	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 priests	cc
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 priests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 temple	det
9	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 priests	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 temple	case
11	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 city	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 offer	mark
13	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Minting	advcl
14	as	as	ADP	_	15 gifts	case
15	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 offer	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 pilgrims	case
17	pilgrims	pilgrim	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 offer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mint	gerund		coins				for the city and the temple's priests	tree rules
2	offer	to-infinitive						to pilgrims goal; as gifts	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to pilgrim=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Making proper coins for the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 coins	amod
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Making	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 city	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 city	det
6	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		proper coins				for the city	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent coin=Product for city=Asset

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