Test 11 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…
So Pirithoeus and Theseus got stuck in Hades, like, forever?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pirithoeus · What happens: get
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 2 | Pirithoeus | Pirithoeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Theseus | cc |
| 4 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Pirithoeus | conj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Hades | case |
| 8 | Hades | Hade | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 stuck | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 like | punct |
| 10 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 forever | punct |
| 12 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Pirithoeus and Theseus | forever, stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Pirithoeus stayed stuck for ever, and Theseus got out on his own by begging Hades for mercy and grace
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirithoeus | Pirithoeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stayed | xcomp |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 ever | case |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 stayed | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 got | cc |
| 8 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stayed | parataxis |
| 10 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 got | advmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 own | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 own | nmod:poss |
| 13 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 got | obl |
| 14 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 15 begging | mark |
| 15 | begging | beg | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 got | advcl |
| 16 | Hades | Hade | PROPN | Number=Plur | 15 begging | obj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 mercy | case |
| 18 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 begging | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 grace | cc |
| 20 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 mercy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | Pirithoeus | stuck property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get out | past | Theseus | Theseus's own | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | beg speech: request | gerund | Theseus not said here | Hades | for mercy and grace | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent hade=Recipient for mercy=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Pirithoeus stayed stuck, but Heracles got Theseus out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirithoeus | Pirithoeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stayed | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 got | cc |
| 6 | Heracles | Heracles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stayed | parataxis |
| 8 | Theseus | theseus | ADV | _ | 7 got | advmod |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 7 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | Pirithoeus | stuck property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get out | past | Heracles | out, theseus property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Pirithoeus stayed stuck, but Heracles got Theseus out after he'd been down there for years and years
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirithoeus | Pirithoeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stayed | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 got | cc |
| 6 | Heracles | Heracles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 there | advcl |
| 8 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 7 got | advmod |
| 10 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 15 there | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 there | nsubj |
| 12 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 there | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 there | cop |
| 14 | down | down | ADV | _ | 15 there | advmod |
| 15 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 stayed | parataxis |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 years | case |
| 17 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stayed | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 years | cc |
| 19 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 years | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | Pirithoeus | year | stuck property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | get out | past | Heracles | Theseus | out property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | past · perfect | Heracles | down, there property | tree rules |
Option 4
Theseus stayed stuck, then Athene pulled him out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stayed | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pulled | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 pulled | advmod |
| 6 | Athene | Athene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | nsubj |
| 7 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stayed | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pulled | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 pulled | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | Theseus | stuck property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pull out | past | Athene | Theseus | then | tree rules |
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