Test 1 · ★ · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

yo, did any of the suitors actually manage to bend that bow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: any · What happens: do, manage, bend · To what, where: bow

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 561 «Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 manage	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 suitors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 suitors	det
7	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 any	nmod
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 manage	advmod
9	manage	manage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 bend	mark
11	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 manage	xcomp
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 bow	det
13	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bend	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	manage	present	any		actually property	vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	bend	to-infinitive	any not said here	that bow		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent bow=Material

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

yeah, one guy nearly got it bent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 guy	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 guy	nummod
4	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obl
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	6 got	advmod
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	obj
8	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past		one guy				bent, nearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

nah, every suitor tried really hard but the bow was too stiff for all of them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 tried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 suitor	det
4	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tried	nsubj
5	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 hard	advmod
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tried	xcomp
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 stiff	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bow	det
10	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stiff	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 stiff	cop
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 stiff	advmod
13	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tried	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 stiff	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	every suitor					hard property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	the bow					for all; stiff property	tree rules

Option 3

nah, not one of them could even string it, so the old man just grabbed it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 string	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 one	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 one	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 string	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 one	nmod
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 string	aux
8	even	even	ADV	_	9 string	advmod
9	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 string	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 grabbed	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	17 grabbed	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 man	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 man	amod
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 grabbed	nsubj
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 grabbed	advmod
17	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 string	parataxis
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 grabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	the old man	string					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, not a single one had the strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 one	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 strength	det
9	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	a single one	the strength					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient

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