Test 11 · ★ · Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sire…

why'd Odysseus run back to his ship, like scared?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Odysseus · What happens: run back · To what, where: ship

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 559 «Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sirens, a shipwreck, and Calypso's island» 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	4 run	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 run	punct
3	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
4	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 run	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 ship	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ship	nmod:poss
8	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 scared	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 scared	case
11	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 run	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 run	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run back	infinitive	Odysseus			Odysseus's ship			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to ship=Destination

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

Achilles cursed him, scary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cursed	nsubj
2	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cursed	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 scary	punct
5	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cursed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	Achilles	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

Ajax attacked him, scary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ajax	Ajax	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 attacked	nsubj
2	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attacked	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 scary	punct
5	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attacked	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	past	Ajax	him = he					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

loads of shades crowded him, scary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 crowded	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 shades	case
3	shades	shade	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 loads	nmod
4	crowded	crowd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crowded	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 scary	punct
7	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crowded	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crowd	past	loads of shades		him = he				vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination

Option 4

Circe called him, scary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Circe	Circe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 scary	punct
5	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	Circe		him = he			scary property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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