Test 13 · ★ · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

was the festival of Apollo like a huge party?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: festival

This is test 13 · ★ 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 festival	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 festival	det
3	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Apollo	case
5	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 festival	nmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 party	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 party	det
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 party	amod
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 festival	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 festival	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the festival				of Apollo; like a huge party	tree rules

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

yes, there was lots of drinking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 was	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 was	expl
4	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 was	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 drinking	case
7	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	lots of drinking			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

no, it was a sacred offering at the altar, with only priests and the elders present

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 offering	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 offering	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 offering	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 offering	det
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 offering	amod
7	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 altar	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 altar	det
10	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 offering	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 priests	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 priests	case
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 priests	advmod
14	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 present	nsubj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 elders	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 elders	det
17	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 priests	conj
18	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 offering	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a sacred offering		the altar			tree rules
2	present	present	priests and the elders						vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yes, the suitors feasted with extra revelry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 feasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 suitors	det
4	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feasted	nsubj
5	feasted	feast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 revelry	case
7	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 revelry	amod
8	revelry	revelry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feast	past	the suitors					with extra revelry	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yes, the suitors feasted with extra revelry, drinking and dancing in the hall for many days

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 feasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 suitors	det
4	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feasted	nsubj
5	feasted	feast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 revelry	case
7	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 revelry	amod
8	revelry	revelry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feasted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 drinking	punct
10	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 feasted	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dancing	cc
12	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 drinking	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 hall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hall	det
15	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dancing	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 days	case
17	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 days	amod
18	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dancing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	feast	past	the suitors			with extra revelry	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drink	gerund	the suitors not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	dance	gerund	the suitors not said here	the hall	day		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location

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