Test 5 · ★ · Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sire…

what did the lads do that made Helios go mental?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lads, Helios · What happens: do, make, go · To what, where: Helios

This is test 5 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 made	nsubj:outer
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lads	det
4	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	acl:relcl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 made	nsubj
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Helios	Helios	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 made	obj
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	xcomp
10	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 go	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the lads			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	past		Helios		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	Helios not said here		mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

they nicked the sacred oxen

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 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 oxen	det
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 oxen	amod
5	oxen	oxen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	they	the sacred oxen					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxen=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

they nicked the sacred fish

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 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fish	det
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fish	amod
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	they	the sacred fish					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient

Option 3

they nicked the sacred sheep

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 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sheep	amod
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	they	the sacred sheep					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient

Option 4

they nicked the sacred wine

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 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wine	det
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wine	amod
5	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	they	the sacred wine					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient

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