Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead,…

mate, what did the peeps at the Dionysia do, like, was it a party?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, peeps · What happens: do, be · To what, where: party

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 521 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead, part 27: Midas's gold river, then Dionysus and Aides» 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peeps	det
6	peeps	peep	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 do	nsubj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 Dionysia	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Dionysia	det
9	Dionysia	Dionysia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 peeps	nmod
10	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 party	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 it	case
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 it	cop
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 party	obl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 party	det
17	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 do	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	mate			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the peeps at the Dionysia	a party		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past			like mate	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

held plays and processions for him all week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	plays	play	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 held	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 processions	cc
4	processions	procession	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 plays	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 held	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 week	det
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 held	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past		plays and processions			week	for him = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Theme

Option 2

competed in tragedies and comedies for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	competed	compete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 tragedies	case
3	tragedies	tragedy	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 competed	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 comedies	cc
5	comedies	comedy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tragedies	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 competed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compete	participle				tragedies and comedies		for him = he	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

sang hymns to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hymns	hymn	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 sang	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past		hymns	him = he				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hymn=Topic to he=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

held plays for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 plays	amod
2	plays	play	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 plays	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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