Test 4 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…
Why didn't the other giants help him out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: other giants · What happens: not help out · To what, where: him
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 help | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 help | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 help | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 giants | det |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 giants | amod |
| 6 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 help | nsubj |
| 7 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 help | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 help | compound:prt |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not help out | past · do-support | the other giants | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
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
They believed he was just joking
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 believed | nsubj |
| 2 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 joking | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 joking | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 joking | advmod |
| 6 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 believed | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | They | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | joke speech: other | past · progressive | he | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They were afraid of the stranger hiding in the cave with him
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 | 3 afraid | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 afraid | cop |
| 3 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 stranger | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stranger | det |
| 6 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 afraid | obl |
| 7 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stranger | acl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 cave | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cave | det |
| 10 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hiding | obl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | of the stranger; afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | gerund | the stranger not said here | the cave | with him = he | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They thought he was just messing around
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 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 messing | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 messing | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 messing | advmod |
| 6 | messing | mess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 7 | around | around | ADV | _ | 6 messing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | They | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mess around | past · progressive | he | around property | tree rules |
Option 4
They assumed the gods had cursed him and wanted no part of his troubles
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 assumed | nsubj |
| 2 | assumed | assume | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gods | det |
| 4 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cursed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cursed | aux |
| 6 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 assumed | ccomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cursed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 wanted | cc |
| 9 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 assumed | conj |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 part | det |
| 11 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wanted | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 troubles | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 troubles | nmod:poss |
| 14 | troubles | trouble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assume | past | They | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | curse | past · perfect · passive | the gods | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | want | past | They not said here | no part of his troubles | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot part=Theme | ||||
| 4 | trouble | his = he | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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