Test 13 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the d…

why are shepherds Apollo's peeps?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Apollo · What happens: be, peep · To what, where: shepherds

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 508 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the dawn goddess loses her lover to old age, and Apollo is born on Delos» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 shepherds	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shepherds	cop
3	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 peeps	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Apollo	case
6	peeps	peep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shepherds	nmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 shepherds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		shepherds				Apollo's peeps nmod	tree rules
2	peep		Apollo						nom peep «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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

he keeps the wolves away from the young lambs

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolves	det
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 keeps	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 lambs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lambs	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lambs	amod
9	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	present	he	the wolves				from the young lambs; away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer wolf=Beneficiary from lamb=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he warms the fields and gives the flocks pasture

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 warms	nsubj
2	warms	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fields	det
4	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warms	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gives	cc
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 warms	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flocks	det
8	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pasture	nsubj
9	pasture	pasture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gives	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	warm	present	he	the fields	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent field=Patient
2	give	present	he not said here		tree rules
3	pasture	present	the flocks		vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he sits on the hills and plays his lyre while the flocks graze

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 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 hills	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hills	det
5	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sits	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 plays	cc
7	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sits	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lyre	nmod:poss
9	lyre	lyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plays	obj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 graze	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flocks	det
12	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 graze	nsubj
13	graze	graze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 plays	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	sit	present	he		the hills	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location
2	play	present	he not said here	his lyre		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lyre=Theme
3	graze	present	the flocks			vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he protects the flocks from wolves and lions and leads them to the fields

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 protects	nsubj
2	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flocks	det
4	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protects	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 wolves	case
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protects	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lions	cc
8	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wolves	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leads	cc
10	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 protects	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 leads	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 fields	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fields	det
14	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 leads	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	he	the flocks				from wolves and lions	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent flock=Beneficiary from wolf=Theme
2	lead	present	he not said here	flocks = flock		the fields			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to field=Destination

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