Test 9 · ★ · Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the…

yo what did Oedipus do to his own eyes after the truth came out?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Oedipus, truth · What happens: do, come out

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 549 «Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the sons quarrel over Thebes» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	5 do	discourse
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
4	Oedipus	Oedipus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 eyes	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eyes	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 eyes	amod
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	obl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 came	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 truth	det
12	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	advcl
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 came	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Oedipus					to Oedipus's own eyes	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	come out	past	the truth					out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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

cut out his tongue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 cut	compound:prt
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tongue	nmod:poss
4	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut out	imperative	you not said here	his tongue					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector tongue=Eventuality

Option 2

ripped out his eyes with a brooch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ripped	rip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 eyes	amod
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 ripped	compound:prt
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 brooch	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 brooch	det
7	brooch	brooch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eyes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip out	participle							vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

blinded himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	blinded	blind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 blinded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blind	past		himself = he					tree rules

Option 4

stabbed his eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	stabbed	stab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 stabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab	past		his eyes					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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