Exam question 3 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Do…

Which statement regarding the Olympic games is consistent with the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: regard, be · To what, where: Olympic games

This is exam question 3 of lesson 500 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Dodona, the Olympic games, and his wives» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consistent	nsubj
3	regarding	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 statement	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 games	det
5	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 games	compound
6	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 regarding	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consistent	cop
8	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 passage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 passage	det
11	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consistent	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	gerund	which statement not said here	the Olympic games					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
2	is	present	which statement					with the passage; consistent property	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

They were held in Olympia each spring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 held	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Olympia	case
5	Olympia	Olympia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 spring	det
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · passive		They		Olympia	spring		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in olympia=Location

Option 2

They were restricted to the sons of free citizens and were held only in the city of Elis.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 restricted	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 restricted	aux:pass
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 sons	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sons	det
6	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restricted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 citizens	case
8	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 citizens	amod
9	citizens	citizen	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sons	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 held	cc
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 held	aux:pass
12	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 restricted	conj
13	only	only	ADV	_	16 city	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 city	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 city	det
16	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 held	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Elis	case
18	Elis	Elis	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 city	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 restricted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	past · passive		They	the sons of free citizens				vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to son=Goal
2	hold	past · passive				the city of Elis			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: in city=Location

Option 3

They recurred at intervals of three years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recurred	nsubj
2	recurred	recur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 intervals	case
4	intervals	interval	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recurred	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 intervals	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 recurred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recur	past	They			intervals of three years			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at interval=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They recurred at intervals of four years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recurred	nsubj
2	recurred	recur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 intervals	case
4	intervals	interval	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recurred	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 intervals	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 recurred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recur	past	They			intervals of four years			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at interval=Location

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