Test 10 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight,…

test: Who was that eagle thing flapping about on the mountains?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: test · What happens: be, flap · To what, where: eagle thing, mountains

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 538 «Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight, lose friends, pass the clashing rocks and reach Colchis» 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	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
3	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 thing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	cop
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 thing	det
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 test	appos
8	flapping	flap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 thing	advcl
9	about	about	ADV	_	8 flapping	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 mountains	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mountains	det
12	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 flapping	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	test	that eagle thing					tree rules
2	flap	gerund	test not said here			the mountains		about property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mountain=Location

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 giant eagle of Prometheus, circling the peaks where the Titan was chained, and it was screaming for his liver

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 eagle	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eagle	amod
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Prometheus	case
5	Prometheus	Prometheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 eagle	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 circling	punct
7	circling	circle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 eagle	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 peaks	det
9	peaks	peak	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 circling	obj
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 chained	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Titan	det
12	Titan	Titan	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 chained	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 chained	aux:pass
14	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 peaks	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 screaming	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 screaming	cc
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 screaming	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 screaming	aux
19	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 eagle	acl
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 liver	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 liver	nmod:poss
22	liver	liver	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 screaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	circle	gerund	the giant eagle of Prometheus not said here	the peaks		vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme peak=Co-Theme
2	chain	past · passive		the Titan		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	scream speech: express	past · progressive	Titan	the giant eagle of Prometheus not said here	for Prometheus's liver	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Topic

Option 2

A golden eagle that wanted to steal the ship's sail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 eagle	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eagle	amod
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eagle	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 steal	mark
7	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sail	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 ship	case
11	sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 steal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	a golden eagle						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	steal not said to happen	to-infinitive	a golden eagle not said here	the ship's sail					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The giant eagle of Prometheus, going to torture the Titan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 eagle	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eagle	amod
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Prometheus	case
5	Prometheus	Prometheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 eagle	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 going	punct
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 eagle	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 torture	mark
9	torture	torture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 going	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Titan	det
11	Titan	Titan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 torture	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund							vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	torture	to-infinitive		the Titan					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus titan=Experiencer

Option 4

An eagle sent by Zeus, hunting the heroes' horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hunting	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 eagle	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Zeus	case
5	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 eagle	punct
7	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 heroes	det
9	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 horses	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 heroes	case
11	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hunting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	participle		a eagle not said here				by Zeus	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hunt	gerund	a eagle	the heroes's horses					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

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