Test 6 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

Ngl, what was up with Eriphyle taking another bribe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 taking	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 taking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 taking	cop
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 was	compound:prt
6	with	with	SCONJ	_	8 taking	mark
7	Eriphyle	Eriphyle	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 taking	nsubj
8	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 bribe	det
10	bribe	bribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taking	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 taking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Ngl					take property	tree rules

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

She got a robe and kept quiet at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 robe	det
4	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kept	cc
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kept	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	a robe					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer robe=Stimulus
2	keep	past	She not said here			home		quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location

Option 2

She accepted a gift and urged her son away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gift	det
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 urged	cc
6	urged	urge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 accepted	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 son	nmod:poss
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 urged	iobj
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 urged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	She	a gift					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
2	urge away	past	She not said here		her son			away property	vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She got the veil and sold out her son again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 veil	det
4	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sold	cc
6	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 sold	compound:prt
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 son	nmod:poss
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sold	obj
10	again	again	ADV	_	6 sold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	the veil					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer veil=Stimulus
2	sell out	past	She not said here	her son			again		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

Option 4

No bribe, she only argued with Polynices about the necklace in Argos at the palace

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 bribe	det
2	bribe	bribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 argued	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 bribe	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 argued	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 argued	advmod
6	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 Polynices	case
8	Polynices	polynice	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 argued	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 necklace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 necklace	det
11	necklace	necklace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 argued	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Argos	case
13	Argos	Argos	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 necklace	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 palace	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 palace	det
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 argued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	no bribe			the palace		with Polynices; about the necklace in Argos	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with polynice=Co-Agent about necklace=Topic

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