Test 5 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

Bare shoes that let you walk on air, were they actually a thing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bare shoes, you · What happens: let, walk, be · To what, where: you, air, thing

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace 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	Bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shoes	amod
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 thing	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 let	nsubj
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shoes	acl:relcl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 air	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 shoes	punct
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thing	cop
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 thing	nsubj
12	actually	actually	ADV	_	14 thing	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 thing	det
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let	present	Bare shoes	you			tree rules
2	walk	infinitive	you not said here		air		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on air=Trajectory
3	is a	past	Bare shoes	a thing		actually 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

Nah, the gods mostly walked everywhere, though Hermes had winged boots that he wore into every battle on Olympus

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gods	det
4	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walked	nsubj
5	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 walked	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 boots	punct
9	though	though	ADP	_	13 boots	case
10	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 winged	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 winged	aux
12	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 boots	amod
13	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walked	obl
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 wore	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wore	nsubj
16	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 boots	acl:relcl
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 battle	case
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 battle	det
19	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wore	obl
20	on	on	ADP	_	21 Olympus	case
21	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 battle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the gods			though winged boots; everywhere, mostly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wing	past · perfect	Hermes				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	wear	past	Hermes	winged boots not said here	every battle on Olympus		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boot=Theme

Option 2

Nah, Hermes had winged sandals, but that's a different story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 winged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 winged	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 winged	aux
5	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	sandals	sandal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 winged	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 story	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 story	cc
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 story	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 story	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 story	det
12	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 story	amod
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 winged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wing	past · perfect	Hermes	sandals					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sandal=Location
2	is a	present	that	a different story					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, Hephaestus made them in his forge, and they let the gods run across the sea and the sky whenever they wanted, mate

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	Hephaestus	Hephaestus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	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 made	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 forge	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 forge	nmod:poss
8	forge	forge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	nsubj
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gods	det
14	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 run	nsubj
15	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 let	xcomp
16	across	across	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 run	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sky	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sky	det
21	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sea	conj
22	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	24 wanted	advmod
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 wanted	nsubj
24	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 let	advcl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 wanted	punct
26	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	past	Hephaestus	them = they	Hephaestus's forge		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product
2	let	past	they				tree rules
3	run	present	the gods		the sea and the sky		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across sea=Trajectory
4	want	past	gods = god	mate		whenever property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, Hephaestus made golden shoes for the gods, wicked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	Hephaestus	Hephaestus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shoes	amod
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 gods	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gods	det
9	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wicked	punct
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Hephaestus	golden shoes				for the gods	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shoe=Material for god=Beneficiary

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