Test 1 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

Yo, why did Aegeus jump in the sea, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aegeus · What happens: jump · To what, where: sea

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 548 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses his throne and goes into exile» 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	_	6 jump	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 jump	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 jump	aux
5	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 jump	nsubj
6	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jump	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bruv	punct
11	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sea	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 jump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past · do-support	Aegeus			the sea and bruv			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 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

Cos he lost his mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 lost	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mate	nmod:poss
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	he	his mate					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Eventuality

Option 2

Cos he saw the black sails and thought his boy was gone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sails	det
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sails	amod
6	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saw	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thought	cc
8	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 boy	nmod:poss
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gone	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 gone	cop
12	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	Cos	the black sails		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sail=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	past	Cos not said here			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	Cos's boy		gone property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Coz he reckoned his lad had been topped at sea, like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	_	3 reckoned	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reckoned	nsubj
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 lad	nmod:poss
5	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 topped	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 topped	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 topped	aux:pass
8	topped	top	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reckoned	parataxis
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 sea	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 topped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 reckoned	punct
12	like	like	INTJ	_	3 reckoned	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	he						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	top	past · perfect · passive		his lad		sea			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Cos he reckoned Theseus was dead, coz of the black sails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckoned	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reckoned	nsubj
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dead	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dead	cop
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reckoned	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sails	punct
8	coz	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	12 sails	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 coz	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sails	det
11	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sails	amod
12	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reckoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	Cos					because the black sails	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Theseus					dead property	tree rules

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