Test 5 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…
Did the two brothers actually fight each other, like one on one?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two brothers · What happens: do, fight · To what, where: each
This is test 5 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brothers | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 brothers | nummod |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fight | nsubj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 fight | advmod |
| 6 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Did | parataxis |
| 7 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 6 fight | obj |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 each | fixed |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 one | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 one | case |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 fight | obl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 one | case |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 one | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | fight | present | the two brothers | each | like one on one; actually property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, they duelled at the gates of Thebes and Polynices lived while Eteocles died in the fight
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 duelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 duelled | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 duelled | nsubj |
| 4 | duelled | duell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lived | parataxis |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 gates | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gates | det |
| 7 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 duelled | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Thebes | case |
| 9 | Thebes | thebe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gates | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Polynices | cc |
| 11 | Polynices | polynice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 Thebes | conj |
| 12 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 15 died | mark |
| 14 | Eteocles | Eteocles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 died | nsubj |
| 15 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lived | advcl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 fight | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 fight | det |
| 18 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | duell | past | they | the gates of Thebes and Polynices | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | past | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | die | past | Eteocles | in the fight | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in fight=Attribute |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, Eteocles and Polynices duelled and both died
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 duelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | Eteocles | Eteocles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 duelled | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Polynices | cc |
| 5 | Polynices | polynice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 Eteocles | conj |
| 6 | duelled | duell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 died | cc |
| 8 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 died | nsubj |
| 9 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 duelled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | duell | past | Eteocles and Polynices | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | die | past | both | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Yeah, they fought at the gates and Creon won
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 fought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fought | nsubj |
| 4 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 gates | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gates | det |
| 7 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fought | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 won | cc |
| 9 | Creon | Creon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 won | nsubj |
| 10 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fought | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | they | the gates | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | win | past | Creon | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Nah, they agreed to share the throne in peace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 agreed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 agreed | nsubj |
| 4 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 share | mark |
| 6 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 agreed | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 throne | det |
| 8 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 share | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 peace | case |
| 10 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | they | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | the throne | peace | tree rules |
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