Exam question 2 · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…

Which course of action did Pittheus recommend to his grandson for the journey to Athens?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: course · What happens: recommend · To what, where: grandson

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2044 «The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone, finds his father's sword and sandals, and sets out for Athens» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 course	det
2	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recommend	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 action	case
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 course	nmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 recommend	aux
6	Pittheus	Pittheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 recommend	nsubj
7	recommend	recommend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 grandson	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 grandson	nmod:poss
10	grandson	grandson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recommend	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 journey	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 journey	det
13	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grandson	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 Athens	case
15	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 journey	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 recommend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	past · do-support	which course of action		Pittheus's grandson for the journey to Athens				vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to grandson=Recipient

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

Travel by sea, avoiding the robbers and monsters that roam the mountain roads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 sea	case
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Travel	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 avoiding	punct
5	avoiding	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Travel	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 robbers	det
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 avoiding	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 monsters	cc
9	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 robbers	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 roam	nsubj
11	roam	roam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 robbers	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 roads	det
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 roads	compound
14	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 roam	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	avoid	gerund	Travel by sea not said here	the robbers and monsters	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent robber=Location
2	roam	present	the robbers and monsters	the mountain roads	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Trajectory
3	travel		sea		nom travel «act intransitive»: by=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Travel by sea, to avoid the dangers of the land route

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	nsubj
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 sea	case
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Travel	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 avoid	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dangers	det
8	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 avoid	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 route	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 route	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 route	compound
12	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dangers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive	Travel by sea	the dangers of the land route					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location
2	travel		sea						nom travel «act intransitive»: by=agent

Option 3

Sail by sea, so he could avoid the dangers of the land route and visit the coast towns

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 avoid	nsubj
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 sea	case
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sail	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 avoid	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 avoid	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 avoid	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 avoid	aux
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dangers	det
10	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 avoid	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 route	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 route	det
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 route	compound
14	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dangers	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 visit	cc
16	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 avoid	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 towns	det
18	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 towns	compound
19	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	could	Sail by sea	the dangers of the land route					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location
2	visit	infinitive	Sail by sea not said here	the coast towns					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Co-Agent

Option 4

Go by land with a strong escort of soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 land	case
3	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 escort	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 escort	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 escort	amod
7	escort	escort	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 soldiers	case
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 escort	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					by land; with a strong escort of soldiers	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with escort=Beneficiary

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