Test 9 · ★ · Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wo…
Why did the Amazons start a fight with Heracles, bruv?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Amazons · What happens: start · To what, where: fight
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 start | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 start | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Amazons | det |
| 4 | Amazons | Amazon | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 start | nsubj |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fight | det |
| 7 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 start | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 Heracles | case |
| 9 | Heracles | Heracles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bruv | punct |
| 11 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 start | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past · do-support | the Amazons | a fight and bruv | with Heracles | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality with heracles=Subeventuality |
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
Hera spread a rumour that he was kidnapping their queen and wanted her belt for himself, bruv
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hera | Hera | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 spread | nsubj |
| 2 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rumour | det |
| 4 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spread | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 kidnapping | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kidnapping | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 kidnapping | aux |
| 8 | kidnapping | kidnap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 spread | advcl |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 queen | nmod:poss |
| 10 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kidnapping | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wanted | cc |
| 12 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 spread | conj |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 belt | nmod:poss |
| 14 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wanted | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 himself | case |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 wanted | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bruv | punct |
| 18 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wanted | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | past | Hera | a rumour | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rumour=Theme | ||||
| 2 | kidnap | past · progressive | Hera | their queen | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | ||||
| 3 | want | past | Hera not said here | her belt | for Hera | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot belt=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hera spread a rumour that he was kidnapping their queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hera | Hera | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 spread | nsubj |
| 2 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rumour | det |
| 4 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spread | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 kidnapping | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kidnapping | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 kidnapping | aux |
| 8 | kidnapping | kidnap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 rumour | acl |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 queen | nmod:poss |
| 10 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kidnapping | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | past | Hera | a rumour | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rumour=Theme | ||||
| 2 | kidnap | past · progressive | Hera | their queen | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Hera told them he wanted their queen's belt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hera | Hera | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | iobj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 told | ccomp |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 queen | nmod:poss |
| 7 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 belt | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 queen | case |
| 9 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | Hera | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | want | past | Hera | their queen's belt | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot belt=Theme |
Option 4
Hera said he was after their belt, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hera | Hera | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 belt | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 belt | cop |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 belt | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 belt | nmod:poss |
| 7 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 belt | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Hera | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Hera | after their belt and mate | tree rules |
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