Test 5 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles sa…
Did Heracles really swim with a cow over the sea?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: swim · To what, where: Heracles, sea
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Heracles | aux |
| 2 | Heracles | Heracles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 swim | obl |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 swim | advmod |
| 4 | swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 cow | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cow | det |
| 7 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swim | obl |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 sea | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sea | det |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swim | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 swim | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | present | Heracles | the sea | with a cow | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Trajectory |
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
Nah, he didn't swim, he took the golden boat and drove the herd across.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 swim | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 swim | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swim | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 swim | advmod |
| 6 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 took | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 took | nsubj |
| 9 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 swim | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 boat | det |
| 11 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 boat | amod |
| 12 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 took | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 drove | cc |
| 14 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 took | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 herd | det |
| 16 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drove | obj |
| 17 | across | across | ADV | _ | 14 drove | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 swim | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not swim | past · do-support | he | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take | past | he | the golden boat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme | ||||
| 3 | drive | past | he not said here | the herd | across property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme herd=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yeah, he towed the cattle by a rope.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 towed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 towed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 towed | nsubj |
| 4 | towed | tow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cattle | det |
| 6 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 towed | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 rope | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rope | det |
| 9 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 towed | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 towed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tow | past | he | the cattle | by a rope | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he swam with one ox by the horns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 swam | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swam | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swam | nsubj |
| 4 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 ox | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 ox | nummod |
| 7 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swam | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 horns | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 horns | det |
| 10 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 swam | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | past | he | with one ox; by the horns | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by horn=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he swam across the sea holding one ox by the horns.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 swam | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swam | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swam | nsubj |
| 4 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | across | across | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swam | obl |
| 8 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 swam | advcl |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 ox | nummod |
| 10 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 holding | obj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 horns | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 horns | det |
| 13 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 holding | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 swam | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | past | he | the sea | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across sea=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | hold | gerund | he not said here | one ox | by the horns | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ox=Theme by horn=Location |
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