Test 4 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achille…

wait, why'd Achilles get so salty and bounce to Lesbos?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Achilles · What happens: wait, get, bounce · To what, where: Lesbos

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 555 «Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achilles drags his body, Penthesilea falls, Achilles dies» 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 get	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 Achilles	punct
5	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	parataxis
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 salty	advmod
8	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bounce	cc
10	bounce	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Lesbos	case
12	Lesbos	lesbo	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bounce	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	infinitive	Achilles		salty property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	bounce	present	Achilles not said here	Lesbos		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to lesbo=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

cause Agamemnon didn't back him up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 back	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 back	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 back	advmod
5	back	back	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cause	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 back	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 back	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	not back up	past · do-support	Agamemnon	him = he					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

cause Briseis got taken from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Briseis	Briseis	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 taken	nsubj:pass
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cause	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	take	past · passive		Briseis				from him = he	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from he=Initial_Location

Option 3

cause the gods told him to leave the battle entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gods	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gods	det
3	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 leave	mark
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 battle	det
9	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obj
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	7 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	tell speech: assert	past	the cause gods		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	the cause gods not said here	the battle		entirely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Theme

Option 4

cause Agamemnon stole his prize and insulted him in front of everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stole	nsubj
3	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	ccomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 prize	nmod:poss
5	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 insulted	cc
7	insulted	insult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stole	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 insulted	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 front	case
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 insulted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 everyone	case
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	steal	past	Agamemnon	Agamemnon's prize		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prize=Theme
3	insult	past	Agamemnon not said here	Agamemnon	front of everyone	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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