Exam question 1 · Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone t…

Identify the statement that accurately describes the condition of Ulysses's companions upon Eurylochus's report.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, statement, Eurylochus · What happens: identify, describe, condition, report · To what, where: statement, condition, companions

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2066 «Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone to the palace and Quicksilver gives him a magic flower» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 statement	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 companions	case
10	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 companions	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Ulysses	case
12	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 condition	nmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 report	case
14	Eurylochus	Eurylochus	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 report	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Eurylochus	case
16	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 companions	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the statement		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	describe	present	the statement	the condition of Ulysses's companions upon Eurylochus's report	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	condition			Ulysses's companions upon Eurylochus's report		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient
4	report		Eurylochus			nom report «communication transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

They fled home.

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 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 fled	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	They					home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They have been transformed into swine.

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	4 transformed	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 transformed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 transformed	aux:pass
4	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 swine	case
6	swine	swine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transformed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 transformed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present · perfect · passive		They				into swine result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into swine=Result

Option 3

They are dead.

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 dead	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dead	cop
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					dead property	tree rules

Option 4

They have been turned into hogs in a sty.

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	4 turned	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 turned	aux:pass
4	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 hogs	case
6	hogs	hog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turned	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sty	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sty	det
9	sty	sty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present · perfect · passive		They		hogs		in a sty	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient into hog=Recipient in sty=Topic

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