Test 2 · ★ · Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Perseus turns foes to s…

Mate, how did Perseus not get turned to stone?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not turn · To what, where: Perseus, stone

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 535 «Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Perseus turns foes to stone and wins Andromeda» 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	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 turned	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 turned	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 turned	aux
5	Perseus	Perseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 turned	nsubj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 turned	advmod
7	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 turned	aux:pass
8	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Mate	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 stone	case
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not turn	past · passive · do-support		Perseus		stone			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory

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

used his polished shield as a mirror to see her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shield	nmod:poss
3	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shield	amod
4	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 used	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 mirror	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mirror	det
7	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 used	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 used	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	past	his polished shield	as a mirror	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent shield=Duration as mirror=Attribute
2	polish	participle			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	see	to-infinitive	her = she		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

used his shield as a mirror

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shield	nmod:poss
3	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 used	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 mirror	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mirror	det
6	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past		his shield				as a mirror	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent shield=Duration as mirror=Attribute

Option 3

kept his eyes shut and used his shield as a mirror

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 kept	obj
4	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 kept	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 used	cc
6	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 kept	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shield	nmod:poss
8	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 mirror	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mirror	det
11	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past		his eyes				shut property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
2	use	past		his shield				as a mirror	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent shield=Duration as mirror=Attribute

Option 4

used his sword as a mirror

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sword	nmod:poss
3	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 used	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 mirror	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mirror	det
6	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past		his sword				as a mirror	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sword=Duration as mirror=Attribute

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