Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned ro…

Wait, so how did Pelops win the race?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Pelops · What happens: wait, win · To what, where: race

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 win	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 win	advmod
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 win	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 win	aux
6	Pelops	pelop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 win	nsubj
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 race	det
9	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	win	past · do-support	Pelops	the race					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

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

He bribed the charioteer Myrtilus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bribed	nsubj
2	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 charioteer	det
4	charioteer	charioteer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obj
5	Myrtilus	Myrtilus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 charioteer	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past	He	the charioteer					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charioteer=Patient

Option 2

He cheated with a bribe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cheated	nsubj
2	cheated	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 bribe	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bribe	det
5	bribe	bribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	past	He					with a bribe	vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He had a faster team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 team	det
4	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 team	amod
5	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a faster team					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Poseidon gave him winged horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	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	4 winged	nsubj
4	winged	wing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	ccomp
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 winged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Poseidon						tree rules
2	wing	past	Poseidon	horses					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

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