Test 12 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…
Why'd Adrastus have to run off on his fast horse? Was it sus?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Adrastus, horse · What happens: have, run off, be
This is test 12 · ★ 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: Why'd Adrastus have to run off on his fast horse?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 have | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | Adrastus | Adrastus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 run | mark |
| 6 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 run | compound:prt |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 horse | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 horse | nmod:poss |
| 10 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 horse | amod |
| 11 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 run | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | would | Adrastus | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | run off | to-infinitive | Adrastus not said here | on Adrastus's fast horse | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Trajectory |
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 sus?
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 sus | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sus | nsubj |
| 3 | sus | suspect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sus | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | horse | suspect property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Because he was chased by Creon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 chased | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chased | aux:pass |
| 4 | chased | chase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Creon | case |
| 6 | Creon | Creon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 chased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | past · passive | Creon | he | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
To find a fresh horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 find | mark |
| 2 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 4 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 horse | amod |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | to-infinitive | a fresh horse | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Because the Argives got routed and he was the only leader left
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 routed | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Argives | det |
| 3 | Argives | Argive | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 routed | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 routed | aux:pass |
| 5 | routed | rout | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 leader | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 leader | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 leader | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 leader | det |
| 10 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 leader | amod |
| 11 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 routed | conj |
| 12 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 leader | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rout | past · passive | the Argives | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | the only leader | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | leave | participle | the only leader not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Because the Thebans had killed his son and he was grieving alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 killed | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Thebans | det |
| 3 | Thebans | Theban | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 killed | aux |
| 5 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 killed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 grieving | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 grieving | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 grieving | aux |
| 11 | grieving | grieve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 killed | conj |
| 12 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 11 grieving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | past · perfect · passive | the Thebans | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer son=Result | |||||
| 2 | grieve | past · progressive | he | alone property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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