Test 4 · ★ · Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wo…

Was the stable job really done in one day, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, do · To what, where: stable job

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 543 «Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wounds Chiron, hunts the boar and tackles the stables and birds» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 job	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 job	det
3	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 job	amod
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	nsubj:pass
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 done	advmod
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 day	nummod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 done	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the stable job					tree rules
2	do	participle · passive		the stable job			day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he diverted one river through the stables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 diverted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 diverted	nsubj
4	diverted	divert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 river	nummod
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 diverted	obj
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 stables	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stables	det
9	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 diverted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divert	past	he	one river		the stables			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus river=Experiencer

Option 2

Yeah, he dug a trench and diverted two mighty rivers right through the stables in one day, mate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dug	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dug	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dug	nsubj
4	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trench	det
6	trench	trench	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dug	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 diverted	cc
8	diverted	divert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dug	conj
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 rivers	nummod
10	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rivers	amod
11	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 diverted	obj
12	right	right	ADV	_	8 diverted	advmod
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 stables	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stables	det
15	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 diverted	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 day	case
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 day	nummod
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 diverted	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 mate	punct
20	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dug	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past	he	a trench				mate vocative	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent trench=Theme
2	divert	past	he not said here	two mighty rivers		the stables	day	right property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus river=Experiencer

Option 3

Nah, he cleaned it out by hand over a whole season, bruv, and it took ages

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 cleaned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cleaned	nsubj
4	cleaned	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cleaned	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 cleaned	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 hand	case
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	obl
9	over	over	ADP	_	12 season	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 season	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 season	amod
12	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bruv	punct
14	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 season	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 took	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 took	cc
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 took	nsubj
18	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cleaned	conj
19	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean out	past	he	it			season	by hand	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	take	past	it	ages					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he diverted two rivers through the stables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 diverted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 diverted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 diverted	nsubj
4	diverted	divert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 rivers	nummod
6	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 diverted	obj
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 stables	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stables	det
9	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 diverted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divert	past	he	two rivers		the stables			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus river=Experiencer

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