Test 8 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

What did Cyparissus do to Apollo's stag?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cyparissus · What happens: do

This is test 8 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	Cyparissus	Cyparissus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 stag	case
6	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stag	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Apollo	case
8	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Cyparissus					to Apollo's stag	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 shot it by mistake, bare sad

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 shot	nsubj
2	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shot	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 mistake	case
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shot	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 shot	punct
7	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sad	amod
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shot	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	He	it				by mistake	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme by mistake=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He accidentally killed it, poor lad

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	3 killed	nsubj
2	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	_	3 killed	advmod
3	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 killed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lad	punct
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lad	amod
7	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killed	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	He	it				poor lad vocative; accidentally property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He grabbed a spear and speared it by accident, then cried for ages, poor lad

The tree, 15 words

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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spear	det
4	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 speared	cc
6	speared	spear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 speared	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 accident	case
9	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speared	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cried	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 cried	advmod
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 ages	case
14	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cried	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lad	punct
16	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 lad	amod
17	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ages	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	He	a spear			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme
2	spear	past	He not said here	spear		by accident	vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	cry speech: express	past	He not said here		for ages and poor lad; then		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient

Option 4

He accidentally killed it with a javelin, and felt awful, poor lad

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	3 killed	nsubj
2	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	_	3 killed	advmod
3	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 killed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 javelin	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 javelin	det
7	javelin	javelin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 felt	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 felt	cc
10	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 killed	conj
11	awful	awful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lad	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 awful	punct
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lad	amod
14	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 felt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	He	it				with a javelin; accidentally property	vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with javelin=Instrument
2	feel	past	He not said here	awful poor lad					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Theme

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