Test 3 · ★ · Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from th…

Was Metra a shapeshifter or what, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Metra

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 506 «Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from the sea, and Adonis's sad fate» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Metra	cop
2	Metra	Metra	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shapeshifter	compound
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shapeshifter	det
4	shapeshifter	shapeshifter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 what	nsubj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 what	cc
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 what	punct
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 what	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Metra					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

she could change into any beast she desired at will

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 change	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 change	aux
3	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 beast	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 beast	det
6	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 desired	nsubj
8	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 beast	acl:relcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 will	case
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 change	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	could	she					into any beast result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into beast=Result
2	desire	past	she	any beast not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot beast=Theme

Option 2

she turned herself into many animals to escape her master's hunger

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	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 turned	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 animals	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 escape	mark
8	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 turned	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 master	nmod:poss
10	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hunger	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 master	case
12	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 escape	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	turn	past	she	herself = she	into many animals result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into animal=Result
2	escape	to-infinitive	she not said here	her master's hunger		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hunger=Initial_Location
3	hunger		her master			nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

she prayed to the gods for help

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	2 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 gods	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gods	det
5	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prayed	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 help	case
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	she					to the gods; for help	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for help=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she turned into different animals

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	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 animals	case
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animals	amod
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	she					into different animals result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into animal=Result

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