Exam question 2 · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries…

Which of the following accurately identifies the substance by which the inhabitants of the underworld are made to forget their former sorrows?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: substance, inhabitants · What happens: follow, identify, make, forget, sorrow · To what, where: substance, inhabitants, former sorrows

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2070 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries Proserpina to his gloomy palace» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 substance	det
8	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 made	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 inhabitants	det
12	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 made	nsubj:pass
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 underworld	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 underworld	det
15	underworld	underworld	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inhabitants	nmod
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 made	aux:pass
17	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 substance	acl:relcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 forget	mark
19	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 made	xcomp
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 sorrows	nmod:poss
21	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 sorrows	amod
22	sorrows	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 forget	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the substance	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme
3	make	present · passive	the substance	the inhabitants of the underworld		tree rules
4	forget	to-infinitive	the inhabitants of the underworld not said here	inhabitants's former sorrows		tree rules
5	sorrow		inhabitants = inhabitant			nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: 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

Wine poured from golden jugs at the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wine	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 jugs	case
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jugs	amod
5	jugs	jug	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 poured	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 feast	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feast	det
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	participle		Wine not said here		golden jugs		at the feast	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from jug=Source

Option 2

A cup of wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cup	det
2	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wine	case
4	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cup	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The water of the River Lethe, drawn from its stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Lethe	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lethe	det
5	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Lethe	compound
6	Lethe	Lethe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 water	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 drawn	punct
8	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 water	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 stream	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 stream	nmod:poss
11	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		the water of the River Lethe not said here				from Lethe's stream	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from stream=Co-Patient

Option 4

The waters of a fountain near the throne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waters	det
2	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fountain	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fountain	det
5	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waters	nmod
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 throne	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 throne	det
8	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fountain	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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