Test 3 · ★ · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

Wagwan with the baby though, Demeter was putting him in the fire at night?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Demeter · What happens: put · To what, where: Wagwan, fire

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wagwan	Wagwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 baby	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 baby	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	though	though	ADV	_	4 baby	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 putting	punct
7	Demeter	Demeter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 putting	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 putting	aux
9	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 baby	acl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 putting	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 putting	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 night	case
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 putting	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 baby	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · progressive	Demeter	Wagwan		the fire	night		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in fire=Destination

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

yeah, she wanted him strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	him = he				strong property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she was just trying to keep him warm through the cold nights of winter

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 trying	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 trying	advmod
6	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 trying	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	xcomp
11	through	through	ADP	_	14 nights	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 nights	det
13	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 nights	amod
14	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 trying	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 winter	case
16	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nights	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	she				night		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

nah, she was warming him up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 warming	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 warming	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 warming	aux
5	warming	warm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 warming	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 warming	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm up	past · progressive	she	him = he					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she wanted him immortal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	immortal	immortal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	him = he					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme immortal=Attribute

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