Test 5 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…
Did Alcestis actually die for Admetus, though?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: die · To what, where: Alcestis
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Alcestis | aux |
| 2 | Alcestis | Alcestis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 die | obl |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 die | advmod |
| 4 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 Admetus | case |
| 6 | Admetus | Admetus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 die | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 though | punct |
| 8 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 4 die | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 die | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | Alcestis | for Admetus; actually property | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for admetus=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
Nah, she lived, fair play to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 lived | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lived | nsubj |
| 4 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 play | punct |
| 6 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 play | amod |
| 7 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | she | fair play | her = she | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she snuffed it, fair play to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 snuffed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 snuffed | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snuffed | nsubj |
| 4 | snuffed | snuff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snuffed | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 play | punct |
| 7 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 play | amod |
| 8 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 snuffed | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 her | case |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 play | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snuff | past | she | it | fair play to her obl | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, she didn't
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 did | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | past | she | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she went for him, fair play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 play | punct |
| 8 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 play | amod |
| 9 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | she | fair play | for him = he | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary |
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