Test 1 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles sa…
Yo, did you read the bit where Heracles nearly zapped the sun?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Heracles · What happens: read, zap · To what, where: bit, sun
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 544 «Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles saves a maiden, wins the oxen and apples, and enters the Underworld» 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 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 5 read | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 read | aux |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 read | nsubj |
| 5 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 read | obj |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 zapped | advmod |
| 9 | Heracles | Heracles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 zapped | nsubj |
| 10 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 11 zapped | advmod |
| 11 | zapped | zap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 bit | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sun | det |
| 13 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 zapped | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 read | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | past · do-support | you | the bit | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic | ||||
| 2 | zap | past | Heracles | the sun | nearly property | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he aimed his bow at the sun.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 aimed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 aimed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 aimed | nsubj |
| 4 | aimed | aim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bow | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 aimed | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 sun. | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sun. | det |
| 9 | sun. | sun. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 aimed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aim | past | he | his bow | the sun. | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bow=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, he drew his bow and threatened to shoot the sun-god Helios over the sea.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 drew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 drew | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 drew | nsubj |
| 4 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bow | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drew | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 threatened | cc |
| 8 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 drew | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 shoot | mark |
| 10 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 threatened | xcomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Helios | det |
| 12 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 god | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 sun | punct |
| 14 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Helios | compound |
| 15 | Helios | helio | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 shoot | obj |
| 16 | over | over | ADP | _ | 18 sea | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 sea | det |
| 18 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shoot | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 drew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | he | his bow | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | ||||
| 2 | threaten | participle | he not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | shoot not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the god Helios | the sea | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent helio=Theme over sea=Destination |
Option 3
Yeah, he threatened to shoot the sun-god with his bow and arrows.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 threatened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 threatened | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 threatened | nsubj |
| 4 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 shoot | mark |
| 6 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 threatened | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 god | det |
| 8 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 god | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 sun | punct |
| 10 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shoot | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 bow | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 bow | nmod:poss |
| 13 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 god | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 arrows | cc |
| 15 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 bow | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 threatened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | threaten | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shoot not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the sun god | with his bow and arrows | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent god=Patient with bow=Instrument |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he threatened to shoot the sun-god
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 threatened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 threatened | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 threatened | nsubj |
| 4 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 shoot | mark |
| 6 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 threatened | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 god | det |
| 8 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 god | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 sun | punct |
| 10 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shoot | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | threaten | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shoot not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the sun god | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme |
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