Exam question 4 · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…

What was the principal reason for the hostility of the nephews toward Theseus upon his arrival?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Theseus · What happens: be, arrive · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hostility	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hostility	det
8	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 nephews	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nephews	det
11	nephews	nephew	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hostility	nmod
12	toward	toward	ADP	_	13 Theseus	case
13	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 nephews	nmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 arrival	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 arrival	nmod:poss
16	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason				for the hostility of the nephews toward Theseus; upon Theseus's arrival	tree rules
2	arrive		Theseus						nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

They feared he would seize the crown and sceptre

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 seize	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 seize	aux
5	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crown	det
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seize	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sceptre	cc
9	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crown	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	They						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	seize	would	he	the crown and sceptre					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They had heard he would outshine them and take the throne by force of arms

The tree, 15 words

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	3 heard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	aux
3	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 outshine	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 outshine	aux
6	outshine	outshine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 heard	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 outshine	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 take	cc
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 outshine	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 throne	det
11	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obj
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 force	case
13	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 arms	case
15	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 force	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	They			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	outshine	would	he	them = they		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
3	take	infinitive	he not said here	the throne	by force of arms	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme

Option 3

They were jealous of his famous deeds

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	3 jealous	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jealous	cop
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 deeds	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 deeds	nmod:poss
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deeds	amod
7	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 jealous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					of his famous deeds; jealous property	tree rules

Option 4

They hated his grandfather Pittheus

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 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 grandfather	nmod:poss
4	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hated	obj
5	Pittheus	Pittheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grandfather	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	They	his grandfather					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandfather=Stimulus

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