Test 11 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus lo…

no way, was Tarquin's book deal a total scam?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: book · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 511 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus loses Eurydice twice, then dies, and Apollo's worship is described» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deal	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 way	punct
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 deal	cop
5	Tarquin	Tarquin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 book	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Tarquin	case
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deal	nsubj
8	deal	deal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 scam	det
10	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 scam	amod
11	scam	scam	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deal	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Tarquin's book					no way obl:unmarked; deal property	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

the Sibyl was never seen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sibyl	det
2	Sibyl	Sibyl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 seen	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	aux:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 seen	advmod
5	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past · passive		the Sibyl					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

no, she sold them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 sold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sold	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	nsubj
4	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	she	them = they					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the Sibyl burned books and came back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sibyl	det
2	Sibyl	Sibyl	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 burned	nsubj
3	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 burned	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 came	cc
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	the Sibyl	books					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent book=Theme
2	come back	past	the Sibyl not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

the books were sold to Tarquin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 books	det
2	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sold	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	aux:pass
4	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Tarquin	case
6	Tarquin	Tarquin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past · passive		the books	Tarquin				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to tarquin=Recipient

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