Test 6 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight,…

test: Phineus was the old blind dude, right? Who helped him out?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Phineus · What happens: be, help out · To what, where: old blind dude, Phineus

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: test: Phineus was the old blind dude, right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dude	obl:unmarked
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 test	punct
3	Phineus	Phineus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dude	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dude	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dude	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dude	amod
7	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dude	amod
8	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dude	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	8 dude	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Phineus	the old blind dude				test obl:unmarked	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.

Sentence 2: Who helped him out?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helped	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 helped	compound:prt
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help out	past			Phineus				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1

Boreas drove off the Harpies, and the heroes set a feast for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boreas	Boreas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 drove	nsubj
2	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 Harpies	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Harpies	det
5	Harpies	harpy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drove	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 set	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 set	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 heroes	det
9	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 set	nsubj
10	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drove	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 feast	det
12	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive off	past	Boreas	the Harpies					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harpy=Theme
2	set	past	the heroes	a feast				for Boreas	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent feast=Patient for he=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Zetes and Calais chased off the Harpies, and then the Argonauts fed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zetes	Zetes	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chased	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Calais	cc
3	Calais	Calais	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Zetes	conj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 Harpies	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Harpies	det
7	Harpies	harpy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chased	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fed	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fed	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 fed	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Argonauts	det
12	Argonauts	argonaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 fed	nsubj
13	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chased	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase off	past	Zetes and Calais	the Harpies					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harpy=Theme
2	feed	past	the Argonauts		Calais		then		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Zeus cursed the Harpies, and the Argonauts gave him food and wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cursed	nsubj
2	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Harpies	det
4	Harpies	harpy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cursed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gave	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Argonauts	det
8	Argonauts	argonaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gave	nsubj
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cursed	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	iobj
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wine	cc
13	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	Zeus	the Harpies					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harpy=Theme
2	give	past	the Argonauts	food and wine	Zeus				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme

Option 4

Heracles sent the Harpies away, and then Jason fed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Harpies	det
4	Harpies	harpy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fed	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 fed	advmod
9	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fed	nsubj
10	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	past	Heracles	the Harpies				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harpy=Theme
2	feed	past	Jason		Heracles		then		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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