Test 12 · ★ · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

so what did the generals decide, did they sacrifice Iphigenia?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: generals · What happens: do, decide, sacrifice · To what, where: Iphigenia

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 did	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sacrifice	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 generals	det
5	generals	general	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 decide	nsubj
6	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sacrifice	aux
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sacrifice	nsubj
10	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	Iphigenia	Iphigenia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sacrifice	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 sacrifice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			tree rules
2	decide	present	the generals		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sacrifice	past · do-support	generals = general	Iphigenia	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent iphigenia=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 · ✓ the right answer

they said the state mattered more than feelings, so yeah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 state	det
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mattered	nsubj
5	mattered	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 mattered	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 feelings	case
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 more	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 so	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	2 said	advmod
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	2 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	matter	past	the state						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

no, Agamemnon refused, and the generals agreed to wait at Aulis until spring came round again

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 agreed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 agreed	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 generals	det
8	generals	general	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 agreed	nsubj
9	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 refused	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 wait	mark
11	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 agreed	xcomp
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 Aulis	case
13	Aulis	Aulis	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wait	obl
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 came	mark
15	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 wait	advcl
17	round	round	ADV	_	16 came	advmod
18	again	again	ADV	_	16 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	Agamemnon				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	agree speech: agree	past	the generals				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	the generals not said here	Aulis			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at aulis=Location
4	come round	past	spring		again	round property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

no, they decided to send her home safely to Mycenae in secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 decided	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 decided	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 decided	nsubj
4	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 send	mark
6	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decided	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 home	nmod:poss
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	obj
9	safely	safely	ADV	_	6 send	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Mycenae	case
11	Mycenae	Mycenae	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 send	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 secret	case
13	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	they						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	her home	Mycenae	secret		safely property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to mycenae=Destination

Option 4

yeah, but they hid it from Achilles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hid	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 hid	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hid	nsubj
5	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hid	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Achilles	case
8	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	they	it		Achilles			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from achilles=Beneficiary

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