Test 6 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…
Did Pirithoeus really nick Theseus's cows, like, for real?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pirithoeus · What happens: nick · To what, where: cows
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 nick | aux |
| 2 | Pirithoeus | Pirithoeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 nick | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 nick | advmod |
| 4 | nick | nick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cows | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Theseus | case |
| 7 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nick | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 like | punct |
| 9 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 4 nick | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 real | punct |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 real | case |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nick | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 nick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past · do-support | Pirithoeus | Theseus's cows | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient |
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, he gave them back, then they swore loyalty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 gave | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 swore | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 swore | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 swore | nsubj |
| 10 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | parataxis |
| 11 | loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 swore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | past | he | them = they | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swear | past | they | loyalty | then | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Eventuality |
Option 2
Nah, he never nicked them, he bought them off the Thessalian king and they swore loyalty
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 nicked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 nicked | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 nicked | advmod |
| 5 | nicked | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 nicked | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bought | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bought | nsubj |
| 9 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 nicked | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bought | obj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 king | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 13 | Thessalian | Thessalian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 king | compound |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bought | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 swore | cc |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 swore | nsubj |
| 17 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 nicked | conj |
| 18 | loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 swore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not nick | past | he | them = they | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 2 | buy | past | he | them = they | off the Thessalian king | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 3 | swear | past | they | loyalty | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, but then they got mates and swore loyalty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 got | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 got | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 swore | cc |
| 9 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 10 | loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | mates | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mate=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | swear | past | they not said here | loyalty | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, but then they got mates and swore loyalty and Theseus made Pirithoeus his best man
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 got | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 got | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 swore | cc |
| 9 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 10 | loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swore | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 made | cc |
| 12 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 made | nsubj |
| 13 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 14 | Pirithoeus | Pirithoeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 made | obj |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 man | nmod:poss |
| 16 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 man | amod |
| 17 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | mates | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mate=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | swear | past | they not said here | loyalty | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | make | past | Theseus | Theseus's best man | Pirithoeus | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset pirithoeus=Beneficiary man=Product |
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