Test 11 · ★ · Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Theba…

Ok real talk, what did the Delphic oracle say about Hyllus's next try?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hyllus · What happens: do, say, try · To what, where: Delphic oracle, Ok real talk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 talk	amod
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 talk	amod
3	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	obl:unmarked
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 say	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 oracle	det
8	Delphic	delphic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 oracle	amod
9	oracle	oracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	obj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	about	about	ADP	_	15 try	case
12	Hyllus	Hyllus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 try	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Hyllus	case
14	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 try	amod
15	try	try	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Delphic oracle		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oracle=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present		Ok real talk	about Hyllus's next try	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	try		Hyllus			nom try «act transitive»: poss=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

He had to wait for the third fruit and sacrifice to Zeus before he could try again

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wait	mark
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 fruit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fruit	det
7	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 fruit	amod
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wait	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sacrifice	cc
10	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fruit	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Zeus	case
12	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fruit	nmod
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 try	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 try	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 try	aux
16	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wait	advcl
17	again	again	ADV	_	16 try	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He			tree rules
2	wait	to-infinitive	He not said here		for the third fruit to Zeus and sacrifice	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	try	could	Zeus	again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He had to wait for the third fruit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wait	mark
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 fruit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fruit	det
7	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 fruit	amod
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He						tree rules
2	wait	to-infinitive	He not said here					for the third fruit	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He should wait for the third year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wait	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wait	aux
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 year	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
6	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 year	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	should	He				year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He had to wait for the third fruit before he could attack the Peloponnesus again

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wait	mark
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 fruit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fruit	det
7	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 fruit	amod
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wait	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 attack	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 attack	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 attack	aux
12	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wait	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Peloponnesus	det
14	Peloponnesus	Peloponnesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 attack	obj
15	again	again	ADV	_	12 attack	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He				tree rules
2	wait	to-infinitive	He not said here			for the third fruit	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	attack	could	he	the Peloponnesus	again		vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peloponnesus=Patient

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