Test 1 · ★ · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

yo so Tantalus is dying of thirst but the water dips away when he goes to sip?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tantalus, yo · What happens: die, dip away, go, sip · To what, where: yo

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dips	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	5 dying	mark
3	Tantalus	Tantalus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dying	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dying	aux
5	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 yo	acl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 thirst	case
7	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dying	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 water	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thirst	conj
11	dips	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 dips	advmod
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 goes	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 goes	nsubj
15	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dips	advcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 sip	mark
17	sip	sip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 goes	xcomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 dips	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	die	present · progressive	Tantalus	yo not said here	of thirst but the water	tree rules
2	dip away	present	yo		away property	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	present	Tantalus			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	sip	to-infinitive	Tantalus not said here			vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, it flows right into his mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flows	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flows	nsubj
4	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 flows	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 mouth	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mouth	nmod:poss
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	it			his mouth		right property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, but Zeus sends a bird to refill the cup every time he tries

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sends	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 sends	cc
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sends	nsubj
5	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sends	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 refill	mark
9	refill	refill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sends	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cup	det
11	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refill	obj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refill	obl:unmarked
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tries	nsubj
15	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	send	present	Zeus	a bird		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
2	refill	to-infinitive	Zeus not said here	the cup	time	tree rules
3	try	present	Zeus	every time not said here		vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it ducks off his lips every time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ducks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ducks	nsubj
4	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 lips	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lips	nmod:poss
7	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ducks	nmod
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ducks	obl:unmarked

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yeah, and the fruit above him keeps flying off the branch too, right?

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 keeps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 keeps	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keeps	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fruit	det
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeps	nsubj
6	above	above	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fruit	nmod
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
10	off	off	ADP	_	12 branch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 branch	det
12	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flying	obl
13	too	too	ADV	_	9 flying	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 keeps	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	8 keeps	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the fruit above him						tree rules
2	fly off	gerund	the fruit above him not said here	the branch					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location branch=Theme

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