Test 4 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

Wait, the Amazons came to Athens for revenge, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Amazons · What happens: wait, come · To what, where: Athens

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Amazons	det
4	Amazons	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Athens	case
7	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 revenge	case
9	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	the Amazons			Athens		for revenge	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to athens=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, cos Theseus nabbed their queen's sister, Hippolyte

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 nabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nabbed	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 nabbed	mark
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	nsubj
5	nabbed	nab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 queen	nmod:poss
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sister	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 queen	case
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Hippolyte	punct
11	Hippolyte	Hippolyte	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sister	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nab	past	Theseus	their queen's sister					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient

Option 2

Nah, the Amazons came cos Hippolyte's people wanted their gold back from the Athenian treasury

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Amazons	det
4	Amazons	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	cos	cos	X	_	5 came	parataxis
7	Hippolyte	Hippolyte	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 people	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Hippolyte	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	parataxis
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 gold	nmod:poss
12	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	10 wanted	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 treasury	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 treasury	det
16	Athenian	Athenian	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 treasury	compound
17	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the Amazons						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	want back	past	Hippolyte's people	people's gold		the Athenian treasury			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, cos Theseus stole their princess Helen, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 stole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stole	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 stole	mark
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stole	nsubj
5	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 princess	nmod:poss
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stole	obj
8	Helen	Helen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 princess	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 stole	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	Theseus	their princess					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location princess=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, cos Theseus nabbed their queen's sister, Hippolyte, and kept her in Athens as his wife

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 nabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nabbed	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 nabbed	mark
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	nsubj
5	nabbed	nab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 queen	nmod:poss
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sister	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 queen	case
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Hippolyte	punct
11	Hippolyte	Hippolyte	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sister	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kept	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 kept	cc
14	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nabbed	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kept	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 Athens	case
17	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 kept	obl
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 wife	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 wife	nmod:poss
20	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nab	past	Theseus	their queen's sister					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient
2	keep	past	Theseus not said here	Theseus		Athens		as Athens's wife	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in athens=Location

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