Test 4 · ★ · Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Theba…

Lowkey, how did Calirrhoe's kids get so big so fast?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lowkey, kids · What happens: do, get

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Calirrhoe	Calirrhoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 kids	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Calirrhoe	case
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 big	advmod
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 fast	advmod
12	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 get	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Lowkey						tree rules
2	get	present	Calirrhoe's kids					big, fast property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

She prayed to Zeus and they became grown men

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 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Zeus	case
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 became	cc
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 became	nsubj
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 prayed	conj
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 men	amod
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	pray	past	She		Zeus	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	become	past	they	grown men		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She prayed to Zeus for help and the boys grew into strong men after Phegeus was slain

The tree, 17 words

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 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Zeus	case
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 help	case
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 grew	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boys	det
9	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 grew	nsubj
10	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 prayed	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 men	case
12	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 men	amod
13	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 grew	obl
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 slain	mark
15	Phegeus	Phegeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 slain	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 slain	aux:pass
17	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 grew	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	pray	past	She		Zeus	for help	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for help=Theme
2	grow	past	the boys			into strong men result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into man=Result
3	slay	past · passive		Phegeus			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

She begged Hermes and they grew up quickly

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 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grew	cc
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grew	nsubj
6	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 begged	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 grew	compound:prt
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	She		Hermes				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent hermes=Recipient
2	grow up	past	they					quickly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She prayed to Zeus, and in one night the boys became grown men ready for war

The tree, 16 words

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 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Zeus	case
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 became	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 became	cc
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 night	nummod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 became	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boys	det
11	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 became	nsubj
12	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 prayed	conj
13	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 men	amod
14	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 became	xcomp
15	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 became	xcomp
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 war	case
17	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ready	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	She		Zeus			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	become	past	the boys	grown men		night	ready property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	grow	participle						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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