Test 9 · ★ · Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Theba…
Bro, what happened to Eurystheus after the battle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: happen · To what, where: Eurystheus
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Eurystheus | case |
| 6 | Eurystheus | Eurystheus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 happened | obl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 battle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 battle | det |
| 9 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happened | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | Bro | Eurystheus | after the battle | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 got caught and killed on Demophoon's orders
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 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 killed | cc |
| 5 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 caught | conj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 orders | case |
| 7 | Demophoon | Demophoon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 orders | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Demophoon | case |
| 9 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 killed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | He | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | kill | participle | Demophoon's orders | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | order | Demophoon | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
He escaped to Mycenae
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 escaped | nsubj |
| 2 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Mycenae | case |
| 4 | Mycenae | Mycenae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 escaped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | He | Mycenae | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mycenae=Initial_Location |
Option 3
He fled and was caught in Argos
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 fled | nsubj |
| 2 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 caught | cc |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 fled | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Argos | case |
| 7 | Argos | Argos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | He | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | catch | past · passive | He not said here | Argos | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |
Option 4
He was taken prisoner and tried
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 taken | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 taken | aux:pass |
| 3 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taken | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tried | cc |
| 6 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 taken | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · passive | He | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 2 | try | past | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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