Test 5 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight,…

test: The Symplegades sound sus, how did the ship get through?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Symplegades, ship · What happens: sound, get through · To what, where: test

This is test 5 · ★ 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	5 sound	obl:unmarked
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 sound	punct
3	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Symplegades	det
4	Symplegades	Symplegade	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 sound	nsubj
5	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 get	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ship	det
11	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	nsubj
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sus	conj
13	through	through	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	the Symplegades	test					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sus=Theme
2	get through	past · do-support	the ship					through property	vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

They just floated through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 floated	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 floated	advmod
3	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADV	_	3 floated	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	past	They					through property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They sent a dove first, then rowed like mad when the rocks split apart

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dove	det
4	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 sent	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rowed	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 rowed	advmod
8	rowed	row	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sent	conj
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 mad	case
10	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rowed	obl
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 split	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rocks	det
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 split	nsubj
14	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	advcl
15	apart	apart	ADV	_	14 split	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	They	a dove		first property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Theme
2	row	participle	They not said here		then	like mad	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	split	past	the rocks			apart property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They launched a dove, then sailed slowly while the rocks crashed together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 launched	nsubj
2	launched	launch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dove	det
4	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 launched	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sailed	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 sailed	advmod
7	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 launched	conj
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 sailed	advmod
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 crashed	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rocks	det
11	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 crashed	nsubj
12	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sailed	advcl
13	together	together	ADV	_	12 crashed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	launch	past	They	a dove			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Theme
2	sail	past	They not said here		then	slowly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	crash	past	the rocks			together property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They sent a crow ahead, then waited for the tide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crow	det
4	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 waited	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 waited	advmod
8	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 tide	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tide	det
11	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	They	a crow				ahead property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
2	wait	past	They not said here				then	for the tide	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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