Test 1 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,…
Wait, so Medusa was actually fit before she got cursed?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Medusa · What happens: wait, be, curse · To what, where: Medusa
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 524 «Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche, part 30: Medusa's curse, Perseus, the Sphinx's riddle and Fortune's wheel» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fit | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 fit | advmod |
| 4 | Medusa | Medusa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fit | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fit | cop |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 fit | advmod |
| 7 | fit | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 cursed | mark |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 cursed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 cursed | aux:pass |
| 11 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 fit | advcl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Medusa | actually, fit property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | curse | past · passive | Medusa | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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
Nah, she was a golden-haired priestess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 priestess | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 priestess | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 priestess | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 priestess | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 haired | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 golden | punct |
| 8 | haired | haired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 priestess | amod |
| 9 | priestess | priestess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | a haired priestess | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she was a golden-haired priestess who was cursed by Athene for breaking her vows
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 priestess | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 priestess | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 priestess | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 priestess | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 priestess | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 priestess | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 golden | punct |
| 8 | haired | haired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 priestess | amod |
| 9 | priestess | priestess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 cursed | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 cursed | aux:pass |
| 12 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 priestess | acl:relcl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 Athene | case |
| 14 | Athene | Athene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 cursed | obl |
| 15 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 breaking | mark |
| 16 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 cursed | advcl |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 vows | nmod:poss |
| 18 | vows | vow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 breaking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | a golden haired priestess | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | curse | past · passive | Athene | a golden haired priestess | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | break | gerund | Athene not said here | Athene's vows | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vow=Patient | ||||
| 4 | vow | Athene | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she was a golden-haired priestess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 priestess | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 priestess | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 priestess | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 priestess | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 haired | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 golden | punct |
| 8 | haired | haired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 priestess | amod |
| 9 | priestess | priestess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | a haired priestess | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, she was a golden-haired priestess of Athene before Poseidon came along
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 14 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 priestess | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 priestess | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 priestess | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 priestess | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 haired | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 golden | punct |
| 8 | haired | haired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 priestess | amod |
| 9 | priestess | priestess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 came | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Athene | case |
| 11 | Athene | Athene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 priestess | nmod |
| 12 | before | before | ADP | _ | 13 Poseidon | case |
| 13 | Poseidon | Poseidon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Athene | nmod |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | along | along | ADV | _ | 14 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | a haired priestess | of Athene before Poseidon | tree rules | |||
| 2 | come along | past | a haired priestess | along property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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