Test 13 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…

Lol, why was Silenus wandering around Midas's roses in the first place?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Silenus · What happens: be, wonder · To what, where: Silenus, roses

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 520 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god's youth, travels and the golden king Midas» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 Silenus	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 Silenus	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Silenus	cop
5	Silenus	Silenus	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 Silenus	acl
7	around	around	ADP	_	10 roses	case
8	Midas	Midas	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 roses	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Midas	case
10	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wandering	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 place	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 place	det
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 place	amod
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wandering	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 Silenus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Silenus					tree rules
2	wonder speech: ask	gerund	Silenus not said here			Midas's roses		in the first place	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 was steamed and lost his way

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	3 steamed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 steamed	aux:pass
3	steamed	steam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lost	cc
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 steamed	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 way	nmod:poss
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steam	past · passive		He					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	lose	past		his way					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality

Option 2

He was chasing a stray goat

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	3 chasing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chasing	aux
3	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 goat	det
5	stray	stray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 goat	amod
6	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · progressive	He	a stray goat					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme

Option 3

He had wandered off drunk

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	3 wandered	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wandered	aux
3	wandered	wander	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 wandered	compound:prt
5	drunk	drunk	PUNCT	_	3 wandered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander off	past · perfect	He						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He had been sent by Dionysus to find the roses and got lost in the maze

The tree, 16 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	4 sent	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Dionysus	case
6	Dionysus	Dionysus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 roses	det
10	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 find	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 lost	cc
12	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 lost	aux:pass
13	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sent	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 maze	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 maze	det
16	maze	maze	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	send	past · perfect · passive	Dionysus	He		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	Dionysus not said here	the roses		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Topic
3	lose	past · passive	Dionysus not said here		the maze	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: in maze=Eventuality

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