Exam question 2 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Hera and Juno, part 8: Zeus puni…

By what means did Hera obtain the golden apple's award for Aphrodite, and what consequence followed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hera · What happens: mean, obtain, follow, award · To what, where: award, golden apple

This is exam question 2 of lesson 502 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Hera and Juno, part 8: Zeus punishes Lycaon, then Eris's apple starts a quarrel» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 obtain	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 obtain	aux
5	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	nsubj
6	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 apple	det
8	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 apple	amod
9	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 award	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 apple	case
11	award	award	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 Aphrodite	case
13	Aphrodite	Aphrodite	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 award	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 followed	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 followed	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 followed	nsubj:pass
17	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 followed	nsubj
18	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 obtain	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 obtain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	obtain	past · do-support	Hera	the golden apple's award	for Aphrodite	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent award=Theme for aphrodite=Asset
3	follow	participle · passive				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	award			the golden apple	for Aphrodite	nom award «act transitive»: poss=patient for=obl

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

She pleaded with Paris, and later she forgave him freely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pleaded	nsubj
2	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 Paris	case
4	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pleaded	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 forgave	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forgave	cc
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 forgave	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgave	nsubj
9	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pleaded	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgave	obj
11	freely	freely	ADV	_	9 forgave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plead speech: request	past	She					with Paris	tree rules
2	forgive	past	Paris	him = he				freely, late property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She appealed to Paris, and she never forgave him afterwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 appealed	nsubj
2	appealed	appeal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Paris	case
4	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 appealed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 forgave	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forgave	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgave	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 forgave	advmod
9	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 appealed	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgave	obj
11	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	9 forgave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appeal	past	She		Paris				vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to paris=Experiencer
2	not forgive	past	Paris	him = he				afterwards property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

She bribed Paris with gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bribed	nsubj
2	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past	She	Paris				with gold	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paris=Patient

Option 4

She asked Zeus to decide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asked	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 decide	mark
5	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	She		Zeus				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent zeus=Recipient clause=Topic
2	decide not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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