Test 8 · ★ · Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Theba…

Ngl, why did Iolaus get his muscles back for one day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: get back · To what, where: muscles

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	Iolaus	Iolaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 muscles	nmod:poss
8	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 day	nummod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get back	past · do-support	Ngl	Iolaus's muscles			day		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer muscle=Stimulus

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

He begged Zeus and Hebe in the battle

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 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Hebe	cc
5	Hebe	Hebe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Zeus	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 battle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 battle	det
8	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He		Zeus and Hebe	the battle			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent zeus=Recipient

Option 2

He prayed to Ares

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 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Ares	case
4	Ares	ar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	He					to Ares	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

He prayed to Zeus at the altar

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 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	at	at	ADP	_	7 altar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 altar	det
7	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	He		Zeus	the altar			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

He asked Athena for help at dawn

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Athena	Athena	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asked	iobj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 help	case
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He		Athena		dawn	for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent athena=Recipient

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