Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins ba…

For what reason did Ulysses decline to restore the lions, tigers and wolves to human form?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ulysses · What happens: decline, not restore · To what, where: lions, human form

This is exam question 3 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	For	for	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 decline	obl
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 decline	aux
5	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 decline	nsubj
6	decline	decline	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 restore	mark
8	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 decline	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lions	det
10	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 restore	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tigers	punct
12	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lions	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wolves	cc
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lions	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 form	case
16	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 form	amod
17	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 restore	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 decline	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	past · do-support	Ulysses						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not restore	to-infinitive	Ulysses not said here	the lions and tigers and wolves	human form				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lion=Theme to form=Recipient

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

So that their cruel dispositions might be openly displayed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	9 displayed	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 displayed	mark
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dispositions	nmod:poss
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dispositions	amod
5	dispositions	disposition	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 displayed	nsubj:pass
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 displayed	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 displayed	aux:pass
8	openly	openly	ADV	_	9 displayed	advmod
9	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	might · passive		their cruel dispositions				openly property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

So that their fierce tempers might serve as a visible warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	7 serve	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 serve	mark
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tempers	nmod:poss
4	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tempers	amod
5	tempers	temper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 serve	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 serve	aux
7	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 warning	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 warning	det
10	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 warning	amod
11	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	might	their fierce tempers					as a visible warning	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as warning=Attribute
2	temper		their = they						nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Because the gods had commanded that all cruel men must remain beasts for the rest of their lives on this island and beyond

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 commanded	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gods	det
3	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 commanded	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 commanded	aux
5	commanded	command	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 remain	mark
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 men	det
8	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 men	amod
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 remain	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 remain	aux
11	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 commanded	ccomp
12	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 remain	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 rest	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rest	det
15	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remain	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 lives	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 lives	nmod:poss
18	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 rest	nmod
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 island	case
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 island	det
21	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remain	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 beyond	cc
23	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	5 commanded	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	past · perfect · passive		the gods					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	remain	must	all cruel men	beasts		this island		for the rest of men's lives	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme beast=Attribute

Option 4

So that their cruel dispositions might be openly displayed to every traveller who passed by the island in future years

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	9 displayed	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 displayed	mark
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dispositions	nmod:poss
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dispositions	amod
5	dispositions	disposition	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 displayed	nsubj:pass
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 displayed	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 displayed	aux:pass
8	openly	openly	ADV	_	9 displayed	advmod
9	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 traveller	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 traveller	det
12	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 displayed	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 passed	nsubj
14	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 traveller	acl:relcl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 island	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 island	det
17	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 passed	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 years	case
19	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 years	amod
20	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	might · passive		their cruel dispositions	every traveller			openly property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to traveller=Recipient
2	pass	past	every traveller				year	by the island	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by island=Location

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