Test 10 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brin…

was the river god Achelous a proper monster or what??

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

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 545 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brings Cerberus up, kills Iphitus by accident, serves Omphale and takes revenge on two kings» 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	3 river	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 monster	nsubj
4	god	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 river	appos
5	Achelous	Achelous	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 god	flat
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 monster	det
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 monster	amod
8	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 monster	conj
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	8 monster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the river					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

he turned into a bull, lost a horn to Heracles, and then sat out the rest of the war on a mountain

The tree, 22 words

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 bull	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bull	det
5	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lost	punct
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 horn	det
9	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Heracles	case
11	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sat	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sat	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sat	advmod
15	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 sat	compound:prt
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rest	det
18	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sat	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 war	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 war	det
21	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rest	nmod
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 mountain	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 mountain	det
24	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	he					into a bull result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into bull=Result
2	lose	past	he not said here	a horn	Heracles				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Eventuality
3	sit out	past	he not said here	the rest of the war		a mountain	then		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme on mountain=Location

Option 2

he became a snake but Heracles still won the fight

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 won	cc
6	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 won	nsubj
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 won	advmod
8	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fight	det
10	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	he	a snake					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	win	past	Heracles	the fight			still		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality

Option 3

he turned into a serpent and drowned

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 serpent	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 serpent	det
5	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drowned	cc
7	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 turned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	he			a serpent			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into serpent=Trajectory
2	drown	participle	he not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he turned into a bull and lost a horn to Heracles

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 bull	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bull	det
5	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lost	cc
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 horn	det
9	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Heracles	case
11	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	he					into a bull result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into bull=Result
2	lose	past	he not said here	a horn	Heracles				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Eventuality

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