Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits…
What was the outcome of Ulysses's threat against the life of the enchantress?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: outcome · What happens: be
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 outcome | det |
| 4 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 threat | case |
| 6 | Ulysses | Ulysses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 threat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Ulysses | case |
| 8 | threat | threat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 outcome | nmod |
| 9 | against | against | ADP | _ | 11 life | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 life | det |
| 11 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 threat | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 enchantress | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 enchantress | det |
| 14 | enchantress | enchantress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 life | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the outcome of Ulysses's threat against the life of the enchantress | 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 · ✓ the right answer
She implored for mercy and offered her service
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 implored | nsubj |
| 2 | implored | implore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 mercy | case |
| 4 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 implored | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 offered | cc |
| 6 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 implored | conj |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 service | nmod:poss |
| 8 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 offered | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | implore | past | She | for mercy | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | offer | past | She not said here | her service | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent service=Theme | ||||
| 3 | service | her = she | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
She begged for mercy and gave her wealth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 begged | nsubj |
| 2 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 mercy | case |
| 4 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 begged | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 gave | cc |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 begged | conj |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gave | iobj |
| 8 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | She | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | past | She not said here | wealth | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient wealth=Theme |
Option 3
She begged for mercy, offered her service, and swore an oath by the gods of the sea
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 begged | nsubj |
| 2 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 mercy | case |
| 4 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 begged | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 offered | punct |
| 6 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 begged | conj |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 service | nmod:poss |
| 8 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 offered | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 swore | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 swore | cc |
| 11 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 begged | parataxis |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 oath | det |
| 13 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 swore | obj |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 gods | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 gods | det |
| 16 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 swore | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 sea | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sea | det |
| 19 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gods | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | She | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic | ||||
| 2 | offer | past | She not said here | her service | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent service=Theme | ||||
| 3 | swear | past | a oath | by the gods of the sea | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | service | her = she | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
She implored for mercy and offered her service and her palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 implored | nsubj |
| 2 | implored | implore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 mercy | case |
| 4 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 implored | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 offered | cc |
| 6 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 implored | conj |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 service | nmod:poss |
| 8 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 offered | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 palace | cc |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 palace | nmod:poss |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 service | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | implore | past | She | for mercy | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | offer | past | She not said here | her service and her palace | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent service=Theme | ||||
| 3 | service | her = she | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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