Test 9 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

Whoa, Theseus cursed his own son? That's proper harsh, mate

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Whoa, That · What happens: curse, be · To what, where: own son

This is test 9 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Whoa, Theseus cursed his own son?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoa	Whoa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cursed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Whoa	punct
3	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cursed	nsubj
4	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 son	amod
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cursed	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cursed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	Whoa	Theseus's own son					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: That's proper harsh, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 harsh	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harsh	cop
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 harsh	amod
4	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mate	punct
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harsh	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					mate vocative; harsh property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was well angry, and Poseidon did the rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 angry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 angry	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 angry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 angry	advmod
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 did	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 did	cc
9	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 did	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					angry, well property	tree rules
2	do	past	Poseidon	the rest					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Eventuality

Option 2

Yeah, he was well cross, and Hades finished him off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 cross	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cross	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 cross	advmod
6	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 finished	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 finished	cc
9	Hades	Hade	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 finished	nsubj
10	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 finished	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 finished	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					cross, well property	tree rules
2	finish off	past	Hades	him = he					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector he=Eventuality

Option 3

Yeah, he was well angry, and Poseidon did the rest by sending a monster out of the sea at Troezen

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 angry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 angry	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 angry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 angry	advmod
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 did	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 did	cc
9	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 did	obj
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 sending	mark
14	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 did	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 monster	det
16	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sending	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	20 sea	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 sea	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sea	det
20	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sending	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 Troezen	case
22	Troezen	Troezen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			angry, well property	tree rules
2	do	past	Poseidon	the rest			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Eventuality
3	send	gerund	Poseidon not said here	a monster	the sea	at Troezen	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent monster=Theme out sea=Initial_Location

Option 4

Nah, he was well upset, but Poseidon had already decided to do it and sent a bull

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 upset	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 upset	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 upset	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 upset	advmod
6	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 decided	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 decided	cc
9	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 decided	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 decided	aux
11	already	already	ADV	_	12 decided	advmod
12	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 upset	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	14 do	mark
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 decided	xcomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sent	cc
17	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 decided	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 bull	det
19	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		upset, well property	tree rules
2	decide	past · perfect	Poseidon			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	Poseidon not said here	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	send	past	Poseidon not said here	a bull		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Theme

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