Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins ba…
By what oath was the enchantress bound before Ulysses consented to spare her life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ulysses · What happens: be, consent, spare · To what, where: enchantress bound, life
This is exam question 1 of lesson 2068 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins back his men from the swine and sees the sea nymphs» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 oath | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 oath | nsubj |
| 3 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bound | obl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 bound | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bound | det |
| 6 | enchantress | enchantress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bound | compound |
| 7 | bound | bound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 consented | mark |
| 9 | Ulysses | Ulysses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 consented | nsubj |
| 10 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 bound | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 spare | mark |
| 12 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 consented | xcomp |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 life | nmod:poss |
| 14 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 spare | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 bound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the enchantress bound | by oath | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | consent | past | Ulysses | the enchantress bound not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | spare | to-infinitive | Ulysses not said here | Ulysses's life | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset |
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
An oath to feed his companions well and let them go free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 oath | det |
| 2 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 feed | mark |
| 4 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 oath | acl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 companions | nmod:poss |
| 6 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feed | obj |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 feed | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 let | cc |
| 9 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 feed | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 let | obj |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 let | xcomp |
| 12 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 go | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | to-infinitive | his companions | well property | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | companions = companion | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | companions = companion not said here | free property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
An oath to restore his companions to their former human shapes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 oath | det |
| 2 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 restore | mark |
| 4 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 oath | acl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 companions | nmod:poss |
| 6 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 restore | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 shapes | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 shapes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 shapes | amod |
| 10 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 shapes | amod |
| 11 | shapes | shape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 restore | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restore | to-infinitive | his companions | companions's former human shapes | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent companion=Theme to shape=Recipient |
Option 3
A solemn vow to guard the island and its wild beasts forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 vow | det |
| 2 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 vow | amod |
| 3 | vow | vow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 guard | mark |
| 5 | guard | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 vow | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 island | det |
| 7 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 guard | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 beasts | cc |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 beasts | nmod:poss |
| 10 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 beasts | amod |
| 11 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 island | conj |
| 12 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 guard | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | to-infinitive | the island and vow's wild beasts | forever property | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Beneficiary |
Option 4
An oath to restore his companions to human shape and to grant him safe passage home at last
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 oath | det |
| 2 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 restore | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 restore | mark |
| 4 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 companions | nmod:poss |
| 6 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 restore | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 shape | case |
| 8 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shape | amod |
| 9 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 restore | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 grant | cc |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 grant | mark |
| 12 | grant | grant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 restore | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 grant | obj |
| 14 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 passage | amod |
| 15 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grant | obj |
| 16 | home | home | ADV | _ | 12 grant | advmod |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 last | case |
| 18 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 grant | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restore | to-infinitive | a oath | oath's companions | human shape | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent companion=Theme to shape=Recipient | |||
| 2 | grant | to-infinitive | a oath not said here | safe passage | oath | last | home property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal passage=Theme |
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