Test 9 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

Who even were the Epigoni? Like, the new squad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Epigoni

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Who even were the Epigoni?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	even	even	ADV	_	5 Epigoni	advmod
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Epigoni	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Epigoni	det
5	Epigoni	Epigoni	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Who	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Who	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Epigoni					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.

Sentence 2: Like, the new squad?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	INTJ	_	5 squad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Like	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 squad	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 squad	amod
5	squad	squad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 squad	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The sons of the dead heroes, who came back to Thebes to get revenge on Creon's family

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sons	det
2	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 came	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 heroes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heroes	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 heroes	amod
6	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sons	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 came	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 came	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Thebes	case
12	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 came	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 get	mark
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 came	advcl
15	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 get	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	19 family	case
17	Creon	Creon	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 family	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Creon	case
19	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the sons of the dead heroes			Thebes			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to thebe=Initial_Location
2	get	to-infinitive	the sons of the dead heroes not said here	revenge		Creon's family			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on family=Source

Option 2

Friends of the dead, come to bury them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 dead	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dead	det
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Friends	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 bury	mark
8	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 come	xcomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bury	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	infinitive	Friends of the dead						tree rules
2	bury	to-infinitive	Friends of the dead not said here	Friends = friend					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

The new army of the Argive exiles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 army	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 army	amod
3	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 exiles	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 exiles	det
6	Argive	argive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 exiles	amod
7	exiles	exile	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 army	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The sons of the dead heroes, come to get revenge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sons	det
2	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 come	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 heroes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heroes	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 heroes	amod
6	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sons	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 come	punct
8	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 come	xcomp
11	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	infinitive	the sons of the dead heroes						tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive	the sons of the dead heroes not said here	revenge					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus

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