Test 3 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…

Okay but how did they actually blind him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 blind	cc
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 blind	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 blind	aux
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 blind	nsubj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 blind	advmod
7	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Okay	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 blind	nsubj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Okay	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They heated a stake in the fire and drove it deep into his one eye socket

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heated	nsubj
2	heated	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stake	det
4	stake	stake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heated	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heated	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drove	cc
9	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heated	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drove	obj
11	deep	deep	ADV	_	9 drove	advmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	16 socket	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 socket	nmod:poss
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 eye	nummod
15	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 socket	compound
16	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	past	They	a stake				in the fire	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stake=Patient in fire=Instrument
2	drive	past	They not said here	stake		his eye socket		deep property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into socket=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They stabbed a hot olive stick in his eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stabbed	nsubj
2	stabbed	stab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stick	amod
5	olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stick	compound
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stabbed	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 eye	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eye	nmod:poss
9	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stabbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab	past	They	a hot olive stick		his eye			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stick=Patient in eye=Location

Option 3

They pushed a glowing pine branch in his eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 branch	det
4	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 branch	amod
5	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 branch	compound
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 eye	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eye	nmod:poss
9	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	They	a glowing pine branch		his eye			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent branch=Theme in eye=Trajectory
2	glow	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They drove a sharpened log into his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drove	nsubj
2	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 log	det
4	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 log	amod
5	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drove	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	They	a sharpened log		his face			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent log=Theme into face=Trajectory
2	sharpen	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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