Test 15 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…

How did Odysseus beat Circe in the end?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Odysseus · What happens: beat · To what, where: Circe

This is test 15 · ★ 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 beat	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 beat	aux
3	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 beat	nsubj
4	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Circe	Circe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 beat	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beat	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past · do-support	Odysseus	Circe			in the end		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent circe=Patient in end=Topic

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

He resisted her spells and then forced her to swear a binding oath to him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resisted	nsubj
2	resisted	resist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 spells	nmod:poss
4	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 resisted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 forced	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 forced	advmod
7	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 resisted	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forced	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 swear	mark
10	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 forced	xcomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 oath	det
12	binding	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 oath	amod
13	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 swear	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 swear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	resist	past	He	her spells			tree rules
2	force	past	He not said here	her = she		then	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	swear	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	a binding oath	him = he		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality
4	bind	gerund					vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	spell		her = she				nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He ran outside to fetch help from the crew and returned with a weapon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fetch	mark
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	advcl
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 crew	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crew	det
9	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 returned	cc
11	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 weapon	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 weapon	det
14	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run	past	He			outside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fetch	to-infinitive	He not said here	help	the crew		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent help=Theme from crew=Source
3	return	past	He not said here			with a weapon	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He drank, then charged at her with his sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drank	nsubj
2	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 charged	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 charged	advmod
5	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 drank	parataxis
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 charged	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 sword	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sword	nmod:poss
10	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	He						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	charge	participle					then	at her = she; with his sword	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Trajectory

Option 4

He threatened her, then he left the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threatened	nsubj
2	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threatened	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 left	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 left	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 left	nsubj
7	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threatened	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hall	det
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	past	He	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
2	leave	past	he	the hall			then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Theme

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