Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mo…
Which of the following was the means by which Zeus conveyed the princess Europa across the sea to the island of Crete?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: the, Zeus · What happens: follow, be, convey · To what, where: princess, island, sea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 501 «Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mortal women in disguise, and Lycaon plots to test him» 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 means | nsubj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | parataxis |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 conveyed | obl |
| 10 | Zeus | Zeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 conveyed | nsubj |
| 11 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 princess | det |
| 13 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 conveyed | obj |
| 14 | Europa | Europa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 princess | appos |
| 15 | across | across | ADP | _ | 17 sea | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sea | det |
| 17 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 conveyed | obl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 island | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 island | det |
| 20 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 conveyed | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Crete | case |
| 22 | Crete | Crete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 island | nmod |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | the | mean property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | convey | past | Zeus | the princess | the island of Crete | the sea | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Topic to island=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a white bull
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bull | det |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bull | amod |
| 3 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a great shining bull from the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bull | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bull | amod |
| 3 | shining | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 bull | amod |
| 4 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bull | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
a grey heifer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 heifer | det |
| 2 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 heifer | amod |
| 3 | heifer | heifer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a snow-white bull sent from heaven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bull | det |
| 2 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 white | obl |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 snow | punct |
| 4 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bull | amod |
| 5 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 bull | acl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 heaven | case |
| 8 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | participle | a white bull not said here | heaven | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from heaven=Initial_Location |
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