Test 4 · ★ · Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sire…

why'd he tie himself to the mast, like, seriously?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: tie · To what, where: himself

This is test 4 · ★ 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 tie	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tie	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tie	nsubj
4	tie	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 tie	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 mast	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mast	det
8	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tie	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	4 tie	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seriously	punct
12	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	4 tie	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	would	he	himself = he				to the mast; seriously property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient to mast=Co-Patient

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

so he could fish, sorted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	4 fish	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fish	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fish	aux
4	fish	fish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sorted	punct
6	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fish	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fish	could	he						tree rules
2	sort	participle	he not said here						vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

so he could steer, sorted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	4 steer	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 steer	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 steer	aux
4	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sorted	punct
6	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 steer	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steer	could	he						tree rules
2	sort	participle	he not said here						vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

so he could hear the Sirens, safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	4 hear	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hear	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hear	aux
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sirens	det
6	Sirens	Siren	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 hear	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Sirens	punct
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hear	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	could	he	the Sirens				safe property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer siren=Stimulus

Option 4

so he could nap, safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	4 nap	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 nap	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 nap	aux
4	nap	nap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 nap	punct
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nap	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nap	could	he					safe property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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