Test 11 · ★ · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

so after all that, did the rebels just win?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rebels · What happens: do, win

This is test 11 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 did	advmod
2	after	after	ADP	_	4 that	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 that	det
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 did	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 that	punct
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rebels	det
8	rebels	rebel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 win	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 win	advmod
10	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 did	ccomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past					after that		tree rules
2	win	present	the rebels						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

nah, they fought and then surrendered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 fought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fought	nsubj
4	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 surrendered	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 surrendered	advmod
7	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fought	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	they						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	surrender	past	they not said here				then		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, after a long bloody war across the whole island, the rebels were finally crushed

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	17 crushed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	7 war	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 war	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 war	amod
6	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 war	amod
7	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crushed	obl
8	across	across	ADP	_	11 island	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 island	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 island	amod
11	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 war	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 war	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rebels	det
14	rebels	rebel	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 crushed	nsubj:pass
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 crushed	aux:pass
16	finally	finally	ADV	_	17 crushed	advmod
17	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crush	past · passive		the rebels			after a long bloody war across the whole island	finally property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nah, a short fight, then they made peace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fight	det
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fight	amod
5	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fight	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 made	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	a short fight	peace			then		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product

Option 4

yeah, the rebels won the first battle but lost the second, and then peace came

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 won	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 won	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rebels	det
4	rebels	rebel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 won	nsubj
5	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 battle	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 battle	amod
8	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 won	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 lost	cc
10	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 won	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 second	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 lost	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 came	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 came	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 came	advmod
16	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 won	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	win	past	the rebels	the first battle		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality
2	lose	past	the rebels not said here	the second		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent second=Eventuality
3	come	past	peace		then	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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