Test 11 · ★ · Greek myths, The Fall of Troy: the Greeks hide inside a wo…

was Helen on Odysseus' side or what, that's a plot twist?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that · What happens: be · To what, where: Helen, side, plot twist

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 556 «Greek myths, The Fall of Troy: the Greeks hide inside a wooden horse and enter Troy» 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Helen	cop
2	Helen	Helen	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 side	case
4	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 side	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 Odysseus	case
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Helen	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 what	cc
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 side	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 twist	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 twist	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 twist	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 twist	det
13	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 twist	compound
14	twist	twist	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 what	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Helen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Helen		Odysseus's side Helen			tree rules
2	is a	present	that	a plot twist					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 · ← Mova's choice

she fought against him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	she					against him = he	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah she helped him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 helped	discourse
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helped	nsubj
3	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	she		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 3

yes, she left Menelaus and helped him sail home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Menelaus	Menelaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 helped	cc
7	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 helped	obj
9	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 helped	xcomp
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 sail	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	past	she	Menelaus		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent menelaus=Theme
2	help	past	she not said here	Menelaus		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	sail	infinitive	Menelaus not said here		home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

she betrayed the Greeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 betrayed	nsubj
2	betrayed	betray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Greeks	det
4	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 betrayed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betray	past	she	the Greeks					tree rules

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