Test 7 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

Why'd the Centaurs gatecrash the wedding, though?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Centaurs · What happens: gatecrash · To what, where: wedding

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 gatecrash	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 gatecrash	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Centaurs	det
4	Centaurs	centaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gatecrash	nsubj
5	gatecrash	gatecrash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 though	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wedding	det
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gatecrash	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gatecrash	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 though	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gatecrash	would	the Centaurs	the wedding					tree rules

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 they fancied a party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fancied	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fancied	nsubj
3	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 party	det
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fancied	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	Cos	a party					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer party=Stimulus

Option 2

Cos they hated the Lapiths and wanted a fight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hated	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hated	nsubj
3	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Lapiths	det
5	Lapiths	lapith	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hated	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hated	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fight	det
9	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	Cos	the Lapiths					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lapith=Stimulus
2	want	past	Cos not said here	a fight					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fight=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cos they were well wasted and wanted the brides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 wasted	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wasted	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wasted	aux:pass
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 wasted	advmod
5	wasted	waste	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wasted	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brides	det
9	brides	bride	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	past · passive		they				well property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	want	past		the brides					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bride=Theme

Option 4

Cos they were pissed and wanted the food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 pissed	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pissed	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pissed	aux:pass
4	pissed	piss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pissed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	piss	past · passive		they					vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	want	past		the food					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

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