Test 7 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…

Did the giant throw stuff at the boat, lol?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: giant throw stuff, boat

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stuff	det
3	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stuff	amod
4	throw	throw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuff	compound
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 boat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boat	det
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuff	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 Did	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

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

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, he hurled a massive boulder that splashed close by the bow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hurled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hurled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurled	nsubj
4	hurled	hurl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boulder	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boulder	amod
7	boulder	boulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurled	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 splashed	nsubj
9	splashed	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 boulder	acl:relcl
10	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 splashed	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 bow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bow	det
13	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 splashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past	he	a massive boulder					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boulder=Theme
2	splash	past	a massive boulder					by the bow; close property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bow=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, a boulder missed the boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 missed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 missed	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boulder	det
4	boulder	boulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 missed	nsubj
5	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 missed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	a boulder	the boat					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boat=Stimulus

Option 3

Nope, he threw a rock far away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 threw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obj
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	4 threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	he	a rock				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, a huge rock nearly sank it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 sank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rock	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rock	amod
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sank	nsubj
6	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	7 sank	advmod
7	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	a huge rock	it				nearly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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