Test 10 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…

Those cannibal giants, were they actually nice to the guys?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cannibal giants · What happens: be

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 558 «Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, escapes the winds and the Laestrygones, and meets Circe» 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	Those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 giants	det
2	cannibal	cannibal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 giants	amod
3	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 nice	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 giants	punct
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 nice	cop
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 nice	nsubj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 nice	advmod
8	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 guys	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guys	det
11	guys	guy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 nice	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 nice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that cannibal giants					to the guys; actually, nice 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

Yeah, they fed them dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fed	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fed	nsubj
4	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fed	obj
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past	they	them = they					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient dinner=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, they ate most of the men and then sank eleven of the fleet's ships

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 ate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ate	nsubj
4	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 ate	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 men	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 men	det
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 most	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sank	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sank	advmod
11	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ate	conj
12	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 sank	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 ships	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fleet	det
15	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ships	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 fleet	case
17	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 eleven	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	they	most of the men					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Patient
2	sink	past	they not said here	eleven of the fleet's ships			then		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eleven=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nope, they sank eleven ships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 sank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sank	nsubj
4	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 ships	nummod
6	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	they	eleven ships					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ship=Patient

Option 4

Nope, they devoured the crew and sank eleven ships in the harbour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 devoured	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 devoured	nsubj
4	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crew	det
6	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devoured	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sank	cc
8	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 devoured	conj
9	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 ships	nummod
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sank	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 harbour	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 harbour	det
13	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	past	they	the crew					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crew=Patient
2	sink	past	they not said here	eleven ships		the harbour			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ship=Patient

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