Test 9 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achille…

wait, why did Eos weigh the scales again, that doesn't sound right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Eos, that · What happens: wait, weigh, not sound · To what, where: scales

This is test 9 · ★ 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 weigh	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 weigh	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 weigh	aux
5	Eos	Eos	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 weigh	nsubj
6	weigh	weigh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 scales	det
8	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 weigh	obj
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 weigh	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sound	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 sound	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 sound	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 sound	advmod
14	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	parataxis
15	right	right	ADV	_	14 sound	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	weigh	past · do-support	Eos	the scales	again		vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme scale=Value
3	not sound	present · do-support	that			right property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

Zeus weighed their destinies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 weighed	nsubj
2	weighed	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 destinies	nmod:poss
4	destinies	destiny	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 weighed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	past	Zeus	their destinies					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme destiny=Value

Option 2

Zeus balanced the two of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 balanced	nsubj
2	balanced	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 two	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 balanced	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 two	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	past	Zeus	the two of them					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location two=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Zeus weighed the fates on scales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 weighed	nsubj
2	weighed	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fates	det
4	fates	fate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 weighed	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 scales	case
6	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 weighed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	past	Zeus	the fates		scales			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme fate=Value

Option 4

Hera weighed them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 weighed	nsubj
2	weighed	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 weighed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	past	Hera	them = they					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme they=Value

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