Test 11 · ★ · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

Real talk, why did Persephone have to stay below?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Persephone · What happens: have, stay

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» 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	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 talk	amod
2	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 have	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
6	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 talk	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stay	mark
9	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	xcomp
10	below	below	ADV	_	9 stay	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past · do-support	Persephone						tree rules
2	stay	to-infinitive	Persephone not said here					below property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

she had eaten bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eaten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	she	bread					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient

Option 2

she had broken a sacred vow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broken	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 vow	det
5	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vow	amod
6	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect	she	a sacred vow					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vow=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she had eaten pomegranate seeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eaten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	pomegranate	pomegranate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seeds	compound
5	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	she	pomegranate seeds					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

Option 4

she had eaten an apple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eaten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 apple	det
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	she	a apple					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient

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