Test 6 · ★ · Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a s…

What's a libation, like, actually?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: libation

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 536 «Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a son found again» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 libation	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 libation	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 libation	det
4	libation	libation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
6	like	like	INTJ	_	4 libation	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 like	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 libation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a libation					tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

A bit of wine poured out for the gods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poured	obl:unmarked
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wine	case
4	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
5	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 poured	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 gods	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gods	det
9	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour out	participle		a bit of wine				for the gods	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for god=Beneficiary

Option 2

A small cake offered to the dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cake	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cake	amod
3	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cake	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 dead	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dead	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	participle		a small cake not said here				to the dead goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to dead=Goal

Option 3

A bit of wine poured out on the ground for the gods before eating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poured	obl:unmarked
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wine	case
4	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
5	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 poured	compound:prt
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poured	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 gods	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gods	det
12	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poured	obl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 eating	mark
14	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 poured	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour out	participle		a bit of wine		the ground		for the gods	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for god=Beneficiary
2	eat	gerund							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A bit of wine drunk to honour the dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drunk	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wine	case
4	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
5	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 honour	mark
7	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 drunk	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dead	det
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 honour	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	participle · passive		a bit of wine					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	honour	to-infinitive		the dead					tree rules

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