Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres te…
To what extent did Queen Metanira's intervention alter the destiny of Prince Demophoon?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent, intervention, Queen · What happens: do, alter, intervene · To what, where: destiny
This is exam question 1 of lesson 2074 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres tests the baby in the fire, then lets the earth go barren» 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | obj |
| 3 | extent | extent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 intervention | nmod:poss |
| 6 | Metanira | Metanira | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Queen | flat |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 8 | intervention | intervention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 alter | nsubj |
| 9 | alter | alter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 destiny | det |
| 11 | destiny | destiny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 alter | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Demophoon | case |
| 13 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Demophoon | nmod:desc |
| 14 | Demophoon | Demophoon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 destiny | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | extent | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | alter | present | Queen's intervention | the destiny of Demophoon Prince | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent destiny=Patient | ||||
| 3 | intervene | Queen | nom intervention «act 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 · ✓ the right answer
It deprived him of immortality
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 deprived | nsubj |
| 2 | deprived | deprive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 deprived | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 immortality | case |
| 5 | immortality | immortality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 deprived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deprive | past | It | him = he | of immortality | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Source of immortality=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It left him unharmed but deprived him of the immortal life that Ceres had been preparing for him
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 left | nsubj |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 left | obj |
| 4 | unharmed | unharmed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 left | xcomp |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 deprived | cc |
| 6 | deprived | deprive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 left | conj |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 deprived | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 life | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 life | det |
| 10 | immortal | immortal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 life | amod |
| 11 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 deprived | obl |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 preparing | mark |
| 13 | Ceres | Ceres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 preparing | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 preparing | aux |
| 15 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 preparing | aux |
| 16 | preparing | prepare | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 deprived | advcl |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 preparing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | It | him = he | unharmed property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | deprive | past | him = he | of the immortal life | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Source of life=Theme | ||||
| 3 | prepare | past · perfect · progressive | Ceres | for him = he | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary |
Option 3
It made him a mortal king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 5 | mortal | mortal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 king | amod |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | It | a mortal king | him = he | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary king=Product |
Option 4
It deprived him of immortality, which Ceres had planned to grant him, by her meddling
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 deprived | nsubj |
| 2 | deprived | deprive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 deprived | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 immortality | case |
| 5 | immortality | immortality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 deprived | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 planned | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 planned | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | Ceres | Ceres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 planned | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 planned | aux |
| 10 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 immortality | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 grant | mark |
| 12 | grant | grant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 planned | xcomp |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 grant | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 meddling | punct |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 meddling | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 meddling | nmod:poss |
| 17 | meddling | meddling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 deprived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deprive | past | It | him = he | of immortality; by her meddling | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Source of immortality=Theme | |||
| 2 | plan | past · perfect · passive | immortality | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | grant not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ceres | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 4 | meddle | her = she | nom meddling «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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