Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits…

Upon what grounds did Ulysses remain unaffected by the enchantress's beverage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grounds · What happens: remain

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 remain	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 remain	aux
5	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 remain	nsubj
6	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 what	acl:relcl
7	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remain	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	12 beverage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 enchantress	det
10	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 beverage	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 enchantress	case
12	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unaffected	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past · do-support	grounds					unaffected property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He had inhaled the fragrance of the snow-white flower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 inhaled	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 inhaled	aux
3	inhaled	inhale	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fragrance	det
5	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inhaled	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 flower	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flower	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 white	obl
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 snow	punct
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flower	amod
11	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fragrance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhale	past · perfect	He	the fragrance of the white flower					vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragrance=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He had smelled the sweet white blossom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 smelled	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 smelled	aux
3	smelled	smell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blossom	det
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 blossom	amod
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 blossom	amod
7	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past · perfect	He	the sweet white blossom					vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blossom=Stimulus

Option 3

He had sipped the enchanted fountain water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sipped	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sipped	aux
3	sipped	sip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
5	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 water	amod
6	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	compound
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sipped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sip	past · perfect	He	the enchanted fountain water					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	enchant	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He had eaten the flower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eaten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flower	det
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	He	the flower					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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