Test 10 · ★ · Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Theba…

Fr, so why did the Heraclidae keep going back to the Peloponnesus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Heraclidae · What happens: keep, go back

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 551 «Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Thebans flee, Alcmaeon kills his mother, and the Heraclidae win at Athens» 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	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 keep	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 keep	advmod
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 keep	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 keep	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Heraclidae	det
7	Heraclidae	Heraclidae	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 keep	nsubj
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fr	conj
9	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keep	xcomp
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 going	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 Peloponnesus	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Peloponnesus	det
13	Peloponnesus	Peloponnesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 back	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · do-support	the Heraclidae						tree rules
2	go back	gerund	the Heraclidae not said here						vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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

They believed it was their rightful land and that the oracle had promised them victory

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 land	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 land	cop
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 land	nmod:poss
6	rightful	rightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 land	amod
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 believed	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 victory	cc
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 promised	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 oracle	det
11	oracle	oracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 promised	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 promised	aux
13	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 victory	amod
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 promised	iobj
15	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 land	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	believe	past	They			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	it	their rightful land and promised victory		tree rules
3	promise speech: promise	past · perfect · passive		the oracle	land	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal they=Theme

Option 2

They believed Zeus had promised it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 promised	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 promised	aux
5	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 believed	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 promised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	They						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	Zeus	it					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They thought it was their rightful land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 land	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 land	cop
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 land	nmod:poss
6	rightful	rightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 land	amod
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	their rightful land					tree rules

Option 4

They believed their father had left the land to them and that they were the only true heirs of Heracles

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 believed	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 left	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 heirs	cc
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 heirs	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 heirs	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 heirs	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 heirs	det
16	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 heirs	amod
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 heirs	amod
18	heirs	heir	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 them	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Heracles	case
20	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 heirs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	They				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	leave	past · perfect	their father	the land	them = they		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent land=Theme to they=Recipient
3	is a	past	they	the only true heirs		of Heracles	tree rules

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