Test 7 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight,…

test: What about Amycus? Was he some kind of boxing legend?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: test · What happens: be · To what, where: kind legend

This is test 7 · ★ 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: What about Amycus?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 What	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 What	punct
3	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 Amycus	case
5	Amycus	Amycus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 What	nmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 What	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Was he some kind of boxing legend?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 legend	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 legend	nsubj
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 kind	det
4	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 legend	compound
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 boxing	case
6	boxing	boxing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	nmod
7	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 legend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	test	kind legend					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he was the son of Poseidon, a famous boxer who forced every stranger to fight him before they could get water

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 son	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 son	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 son	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 son	det
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Poseidon	case
8	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 boxer	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 boxer	det
11	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 boxer	amod
12	boxer	boxer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	appos
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 forced	nsubj
14	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 boxer	acl:relcl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 stranger	det
16	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 forced	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 fight	mark
18	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 forced	xcomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 fight	obj
20	before	before	SCONJ	_	23 get	mark
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 get	nsubj
22	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 get	aux
23	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 fight	advcl
24	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	the son	of Poseidon	tree rules
2	force	past	a famous boxer	every stranger		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient clause=Topic
3	fight	to-infinitive	every stranger not said here	Poseidon		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
4	get	could	they	water		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus

Option 2

Nope, he was a bully who stole cattle from every passing ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 bully	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bully	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bully	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bully	det
6	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stole	nsubj
8	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bully	acl:relcl
9	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stole	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 ship	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 ship	det
12	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ship	compound
13	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stole	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a bully					tree rules
2	steal	past	a bully	cattle		every passing ship			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme from ship=Source

Option 3

Yes, he was a legendary boxer and wrestler, undefeated for years, who made every stranger box him at the gates of his city until they died

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 boxer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 boxer	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 boxer	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boxer	det
6	legendary	legendary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boxer	amod
7	boxer	boxer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 made	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wrestler	cc
9	wrestler	wrestler	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boxer	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 undefeated	punct
11	undefeated	undefeated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boxer	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 years	case
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 undefeated	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 made	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 made	nsubj
16	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 box	det
18	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 box	compound
19	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 made	obj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 box	nmod
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 gates	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 gates	det
23	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 made	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 city	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 city	nmod:poss
26	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 gates	nmod
27	until	until	SCONJ	_	29 died	mark
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 died	nsubj
29	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 made	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a legendary boxer and wrestler			tree rules
2	be		he not said here			year	tree rules
3	make	past	a legendary boxer and wrestler	every stranger box him	the gates of his city		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset box=Product
4	die	past	boxer				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, he was a famous boxer who made every stranger box him first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 boxer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 boxer	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 boxer	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boxer	det
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boxer	amod
7	boxer	boxer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 boxer	acl:relcl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 box	det
11	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 box	compound
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 box	nmod
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a famous boxer					tree rules
2	make	past	a famous boxer	every stranger box him				first property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Product

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