Test 12 · ★ · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

did Tantalus really eat at Zeus's table?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, eat · To what, where: Tantalus, table

This is test 12 · ★ 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Tantalus	Tantalus	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 eat	advmod
4	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 did	parataxis
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 table	case
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 table	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Zeus	case
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eat	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Tantalus					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tantalus=Eventuality
2	eat	present				Zeus's table			vn eat-39.1-1 «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

Nah, he only ate at the table of Hades, serving the shades of the dead

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 ate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ate	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 ate	advmod
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 table	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Hades	case
10	Hades	Hade	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 table	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 serving	punct
12	serving	serve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 ate	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shades	det
14	shades	shade	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 serving	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 dead	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dead	det
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 shades	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	he			the table of Hades			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	serve	gerund	he not said here	the shades of the dead					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shade=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he stole the gods' nectar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stole	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gods	det
6	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 nectar	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 gods	case
8	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	he	the gods's nectar					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nectar=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, but he was caught stealing their nectar and ambrosia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 caught	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 caught	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 caught	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 caught	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 caught	aux:pass
6	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 caught	xcomp
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nectar	nmod:poss
9	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stealing	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ambrosia	cc
11	ambrosia	ambrosia	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nectar	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		he					tree rules
2	steal	gerund		their nectar and ambrosia					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nectar=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, Zeus liked his talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 liked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 liked	nsubj
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 talk	nmod:poss
6	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	Zeus	Zeus's talk					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot talk=Theme
2	talk		Zeus						nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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