Test 9 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

Did Poseidon actually help Zeus, or was he just a bit of a grass?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Poseidon · What happens: help, be · To what, where: Zeus, bit

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
2	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 help	nsubj
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 help	advmod
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 help	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bit	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 bit	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bit	cop
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bit	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 bit	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Zeus	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 grass	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 grass	det
15	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bit	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past · do-support	Poseidon		Zeus			actually property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Beneficiary
2	is a	past	Poseidon	a bit				of a grass	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 right answer

He helped beat the Giants and smashed Polybotes with Cos

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 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helped	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Giants	det
5	Giants	Giant	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 beat	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 smashed	cc
7	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	conj
8	Polybotes	polybote	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 smashed	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 Cos	case
10	Cos	Cos	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 smashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	help	past	He			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	beat	infinitive	He not said here	the Giants		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location giant=Theme
3	smash	past	He not said here	Polybotes	with Cos	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent polybote=Patient with cos=Instrument

Option 2

He fought beside Zeus, but then he got cursed and had to serve Laomedon building walls for ages

The tree, 18 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 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beside	beside	ADP	_	4 Zeus	case
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cursed	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 cursed	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 cursed	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cursed	nsubj
9	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 cursed	aux:pass
10	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fought	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 had	cc
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fought	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 serve	mark
14	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 had	xcomp
15	Laomedon	Laomedon	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 walls	compound
16	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 walls	compound
17	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 serve	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 ages	case
19	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	fight	past	He		Zeus		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	curse	past · passive		Zeus		then	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	have	past	He not said here				tree rules
4	serve	to-infinitive	He not said here	Laomedon building walls		for ages	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wall=Theme for age=Recipient

Option 3

Nah, he sat out the fight with the Giants at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 sat	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fight	det
7	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 Giants	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Giants	det
10	Giants	Giant	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 sat	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit out	past	he	the fight		home		with the Giants	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent fight=Theme at home=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He helped Zeus, then ran off to sulk for a year

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 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 helped	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ran	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 ran	advmod
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 ran	compound:prt
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sulk	mark
9	sulk	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ran	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 year	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sulk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	help	past	He	Zeus		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Beneficiary
2	run off	past	He not said here		then	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sulk	to-infinitive	He not said here		year	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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