Test 12 · ★ · Greek myths, The Fall of Troy: the Greeks hide inside a wo…

bro why did the horse get wrapped in flames at the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, wrap · To what, where: horse, bro, flames

This is test 12 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrapped	nsubj:pass
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 did	advmod
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 bro	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wrapped	aux:pass
7	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 flames	case
9	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wrapped	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrapped	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 wrapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the horse					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality
2	wrap	present · passive		bro		flames	at the end		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at end=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 · ← Mova's choice

Aeneas burned it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aeneas	Aeneas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	Aeneas	it					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the Greeks set Troy on fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Greeks	det
2	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 set	nsubj
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Troy	Troy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 set	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 fire	case
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	the Greeks	Troy		fire			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent troy=Theme on fire=Destination

Option 3

soldiers lit the houses on fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 houses	det
4	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lit	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 fire	case
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	soldiers	the houses		fire			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Product

Option 4

the Trojans did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Trojans	det
2	Trojans	Trojan	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	the Trojans						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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