Test 8 · ★ · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…
so the Furies are like guilt, that's why they chase murderers?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Furies, that · What happens: be, chase · To what, where: murderers
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 guilt | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Furies | det |
| 3 | Furies | fury | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 guilt | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 guilt | cop |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 guilt | case |
| 6 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 guilt | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 why | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 why | cop |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 guilt | parataxis |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 chase | nsubj |
| 12 | chase | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 why | advcl:relcl |
| 13 | murderers | murderer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 chase | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 guilt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Furies | like guilt | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | chase | present | Furies = fury | murderers | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murderer=Theme |
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
Yeah, they're the daughters of Nyx who hunt the living and the dead
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 daughters | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 daughters | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 daughters | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 daughters | det |
| 6 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Nyx | case |
| 8 | Nyx | Nyx | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 daughters | nmod |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 hunt | nsubj |
| 10 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 daughters | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 living | det |
| 12 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hunt | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 dead | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dead | det |
| 15 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hunt | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | the daughters | of Nyx | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hunt | present | the daughters | the living | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent living=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, they're the pangs of a bad conscience that drive murderers mad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 pangs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pangs | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pangs | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pangs | det |
| 6 | pangs | pang | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 conscience | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 conscience | det |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 conscience | amod |
| 10 | conscience | conscience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pangs | nmod |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 drive | nsubj |
| 12 | drive | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 conscience | acl:relcl |
| 13 | murderers | murderer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 drive | obj |
| 14 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 drive | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | the pangs | of a bad conscience | tree rules | |||
| 2 | drive | present | a bad conscience | murderers | mad property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme murderer=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, they punish oath breakers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 punish | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 punish | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 punish | nsubj |
| 4 | punish | punish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breakers | compound |
| 6 | breakers | breaker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 punish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | present | they | oath breakers | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breaker=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they're the pangs of a bad conscience
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 pangs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pangs | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pangs | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pangs | det |
| 6 | pangs | pang | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 conscience | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 conscience | det |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 conscience | amod |
| 10 | conscience | conscience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pangs | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | the pangs | of a bad conscience | tree rules |
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