Test 6 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achille…

ngl that Thersites dude was so weak, what happened to him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: be, happen · To what, where: him

This is test 6 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 weak	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 Thersites	nsubj
3	Thersites	Thersite	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 ngl	appos
4	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Thersites	flat
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 weak	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 weak	advmod
7	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 happened	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 happened	nsubj
10	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 weak	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 happened	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 weak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	ngl					weak property	tree rules
2	happen	past			him = he				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

Achilles punched him dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 punched	nsubj
2	punched	punch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 punched	obj
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 punched	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punch	past	Achilles	him = he				dead property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

Diomedes stabbed him down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diomedes	Diomedes	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 stabbed	nsubj
2	stabbed	stab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stabbed	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 stabbed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab down	past	Diomedes	him = he					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Achilles knocked him out with a single punch to the jaw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 knocked	nsubj
2	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knocked	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 knocked	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 punch	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 punch	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 punch	amod
8	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knocked	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 jaw	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jaw	det
11	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	past	Achilles	him = he				with a single punch; to the jaw result	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with punch=Instrument to jaw=Result

Option 4

Ajax struck him so hard he died later in the tent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ajax	Ajax	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 hard	advmod
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 struck	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 died	nsubj
7	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 struck	parataxis
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 died	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tent	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tent	det
11	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	Ajax	him = he				hard property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument
2	die	past	Ajax					in the tent; late property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in tent=Attribute

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