Test 3 · ★ · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

wait so Althea burned the log, innit?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Althea · What happens: wait, burn, innit · To what, where: log

This is test 3 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	4 burned	advmod
3	Althea	Althea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 burned	nsubj
4	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 log	det
6	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
8	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	burn	past	Althea	the log	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent log=Theme
3	innit	infinitive	you not said here		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

nah, she was furious at her son and set the whole log alight to take revenge on him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 furious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 furious	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	cop
5	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 son	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 son	nmod:poss
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 furious	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 set	cc
10	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 log	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 log	amod
13	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obj
14	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 log	amod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 take	mark
16	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 set	advcl
17	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 take	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		at her son; furious property	tree rules
2	set	past	she not said here	the whole log		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient log=Result
3	take	to-infinitive	she not said here	revenge	on him = he	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on he=Destination

Option 2

nah, she was furious at the uncles and set the log on fire herself to take revenge

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 furious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 furious	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	cop
5	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 uncles	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 uncles	det
8	uncles	uncle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 furious	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 set	cc
10	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 furious	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 log	det
12	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 fire	case
14	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obl
15	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 set	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 take	mark
17	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 set	advcl
18	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	she			at the uncles; furious property	tree rules
2	set	infinitive	she not said here	the log	fire	herself = she obl	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent log=Theme on fire=Destination
3	take	to-infinitive	she not said here	revenge			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she was well gutted and vexed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 gutted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gutted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gutted	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gutted	aux:pass
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 gutted	advmod
6	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 vexed	cc
8	vexed	vex	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 gutted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	past · passive		she				well property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	vex	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she burned it by accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 burned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 burned	nsubj
4	burned	burn	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 burned	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 accident	case
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	she	it				by accident	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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