Test 12 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brin…

so the priestess gave Heracles a prophecy after all, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: priestess · What happens: give · To what, where: prophecy, Heracles

This is test 12 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 gave	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 priestess	det
3	priestess	priestess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 prophecy	det
7	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 gave	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the priestess	a prophecy	Heracles		after all		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent heracles=Recipient prophecy=Theme

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, she refused him at first, and then answered only after he paid the penalty, which was a bronze tripod and a year of labour for the priests

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 refused	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 first	case
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 refused	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 answered	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 answered	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 answered	advmod
11	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 refused	parataxis
12	only	only	ADV	_	11 answered	advmod
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 paid	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 paid	nsubj
15	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 answered	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 penalty	det
17	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 paid	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 tripod	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 tripod	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 tripod	cop
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 tripod	det
22	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 tripod	compound
23	tripod	tripod	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 penalty	appos
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 year	cc
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 year	det
26	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 tripod	conj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 labour	case
28	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 year	nmod
29	for	for	ADP	_	31 priests	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 priests	det
31	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	she	him = he			vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	answer speech: assert	past			then		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pay	past	he	the penalty		for the priests	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent penalty=Asset for priest=Theme
4	is a	past	the penalty	a bronze tripod and a year of labour			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she never answered him and sent him to Olympia instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 answered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 answered	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 answered	advmod
5	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 answered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sent	cc
8	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 answered	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sent	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Olympia	case
11	Olympia	Olympia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sent	obl
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	8 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not answer speech: assert	past	she		him = he				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality
2	send	past	she not said here	him = he	Olympia			instead property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to olympia=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nah, she refused him at first, and the Pythia answered only after he paid the penalty

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 refused	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 first	case
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 refused	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 answered	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 answered	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Pythia	det
11	Pythia	Pythia	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 answered	nsubj
12	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 refused	parataxis
13	only	only	ADV	_	12 answered	advmod
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 paid	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 paid	nsubj
16	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 answered	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 penalty	det
18	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 paid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	refuse	past	she	him = he	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	answer speech: assert	past	the Pythia		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pay	past	Pythia	the penalty	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Asset

Option 4

nah, she refused him at first, and the Pythia answered only after he paid the penalty and then he wept on the steps of the temple for a week

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 refused	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 first	case
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 refused	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 answered	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 answered	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Pythia	det
11	Pythia	Pythia	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 answered	nsubj
12	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 refused	parataxis
13	only	only	ADV	_	12 answered	advmod
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 paid	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 paid	nsubj
16	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 answered	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 penalty	det
18	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 paid	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 wept	cc
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 wept	advmod
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 wept	nsubj
22	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 paid	conj
23	on	on	ADP	_	25 steps	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 steps	det
25	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 wept	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 temple	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 temple	det
28	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 steps	nmod
29	for	for	ADP	_	31 week	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 week	det
31	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	she	him = he			vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	answer speech: assert	past	the Pythia				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pay	past	Pythia	the penalty			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Asset
4	weep	past	Pythia		then; week	on the steps of the temple	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on step=Destination
5	step			the temple			nom step «act transitive»: of=patient

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