Test 11 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…
Wait, who gave the Argives their water? Was it Lycurgus?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, water · What happens: wait, give, be · To what, where: Argives, Lycurgus
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 550 «Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part 56: the Argives fight for Thebes and the heroes die» 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: Wait, who gave the Argives their water?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Argives | det |
| 6 | Argives | Argive | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 water | nmod:poss |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Argives | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | 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 | give | past | the Argives | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argive=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: Was it Lycurgus?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Lycurgus | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 Lycurgus | nsubj |
| 3 | Lycurgus | Lycurgus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 Lycurgus | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | water | Lycurgus | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Lycurgus, who led them to a spring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lycurgus | Lycurgus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 led | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 led | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 led | nsubj |
| 4 | led | lead | 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 led | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 spring | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spring | det |
| 8 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 led | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | Lycurgus | them = they | spring | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2
Adrastus, who dug a well and led them to a hidden spring in the hills above Nemea
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrastus | Adrastus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dug | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dug | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 dug | nsubj |
| 4 | dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 well | det |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 dug | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 led | cc |
| 8 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dug | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 led | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 spring | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 spring | det |
| 12 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 spring | amod |
| 13 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 led | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 hills | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 hills | det |
| 16 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 led | obl |
| 17 | above | above | ADP | _ | 18 Nemea | case |
| 18 | Nemea | Nemea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 led | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | past | Adrastus | well property | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | lead | past | Adrastus not said here | them = they | the hills | spring | above Nemea | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in hill=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Hypsipile, who led them to a secret spring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypsipile | Hypsipile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 led | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 led | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 led | nsubj |
| 4 | led | lead | 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 led | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 spring | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 spring | det |
| 8 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spring | amod |
| 9 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 led | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | Hypsipile | them = they | spring | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
Amphiaraus, who found a river nearby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amphiaraus | Amphiaraus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 found | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 river | det |
| 6 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obj |
| 7 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 4 found | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | Amphiaraus | a river | nearby property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Topic |
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