Test 8 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achille…

how did the Trojans even get Achilles, like was it sneaky?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Trojans, it · What happens: get, be · To what, where: Achilles

This is test 8 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Trojans	det
4	Trojans	Trojan	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sneaky	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 sneaky	case
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sneaky	cop
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sneaky	nsubj
12	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	the Trojans	Achilles					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer achilles=Stimulus
2	is	past	it					sneaky property	tree rules

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

Paris shot him in the heel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shot	nsubj
2	shot	shoot	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 shot	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 heel	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heel	det
6	heel	heel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	Paris	him = he		the heel			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in heel=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Hector stabbed him in battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hector	hector	NOUN	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	in	in	ADP	_	5 battle	case
5	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stabbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab	past	Hector	him = he		battle			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in battle=Location

Option 3

Apollo guided Paris's arrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 guided	nsubj
2	guided	guide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 arrow	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Paris	case
5	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guided	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	past	Apollo	Paris's arrow					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme

Option 4

Hector ambushed him at the gate with a spear and a trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hector	hector	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ambushed	nsubj
2	ambushed	ambush	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 ambushed	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ambushed	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 spear	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spear	det
9	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ambushed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 trick	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 trick	det
12	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ambush	past	Hector	him = he		the gate		with a spear and a trick	vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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