Test 3 · ★ · Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Theba…

Wait, so Alcmaeon got cured at Psophis?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, cure · To what, where: Alcmaeon, Psophis

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cured	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 cured	advmod
4	Alcmaeon	Alcmaeon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cured	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cured	aux:pass
6	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 Psophis	case
8	Psophis	Psophis	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cured	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cure	past · passive		Alcmaeon		Psophis			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source

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

Yep, Apollo cleansed him and gave him Calirrhoe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 cleansed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cleansed	nsubj
4	cleansed	cleanse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cleansed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cleansed	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	iobj
9	Calirrhoe	Calirrhoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cleanse	past	Apollo	him = he					vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	give	past	Apollo not said here		Calirrhoe				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient calirrhoe=Theme

Option 2

Yes, Demophoon cured him and gave him Hebe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 cured	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Demophoon	Demophoon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cured	nsubj
4	cured	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cured	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cured	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	iobj
9	Hebe	Hebe	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	past	Demophoon	him = he					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Source
2	give	past	Demophoon not said here		Hebe				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient hebe=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, Phegeus cleansed him and gave him Arsinoe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 cleansed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	Phegeus	Phegeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cleansed	nsubj
4	cleansed	cleanse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cleansed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cleansed	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	iobj
9	Arsinoe	Arsinoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cleanse	past	Phegeus	him = he					vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	give	past	Phegeus not said here		Arsinoe				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient arsinoe=Theme

Option 4

Nah, Phegeus refused and sent Alcmaeon to the island of Achelous to die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	Phegeus	Phegeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sent	cc
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 refused	conj
7	Alcmaeon	Alcmaeon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 island	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 island	det
10	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Achelous	case
12	Achelous	Achelous	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 island	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 die	mark
14	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sent	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	refuse	past	Phegeus			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	send	past	Phegeus not said here	Alcmaeon	the island of Achelous	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent alcmaeon=Theme to island=Destination
3	die	to-infinitive	Phegeus not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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