Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the d…
ngl, why was Tithonus kinda cursed?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: curse
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | ngl | ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cursed | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ngl | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 cursed | advmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 cursed | aux |
| 5 | Tithonus | Tithonus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cursed | nsubj |
| 6 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 7 cursed | advmod |
| 7 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 cursed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | past · passive | ngl | kinda property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer
he got to live for ever but not stay young
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 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 live | mark |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 got | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 ever | case |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 live | obl |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 stay | cc |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 stay | advmod |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 live | conj |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not stay | infinitive | he not said here | young property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
he lied to the gods
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 lied | nsubj |
| 2 | lied | lie | 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 lied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | he | to the gods | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
he asked for youth and forgot age
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 asked | nsubj |
| 2 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 youth | case |
| 4 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asked | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 forgot | cc |
| 6 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 asked | conj |
| 7 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 forgot | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | he | for youth | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | forget | past | he not said here | age | tree rules |
Option 4
he wanted to be a god forever
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 god | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 god | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 god | det |
| 6 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 6 god | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is a not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | a god | forever property | tree rules |
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