Exam question 2 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's…

In what manner did the Athenians regard the goddess Pallas-Athene, according to the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Athenians · What happens: do, regard, accord · To what, where: manner, goddess

This is exam question 2 of lesson 503 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's gifts and her shield» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Athenians	det
6	Athenians	Athenian	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 regard	nsubj
7	regard	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goddess	det
9	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 regard	obj
10	Pallas	Pallas	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 goddess	appos
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Athene	punct
12	Athene	Athene	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Pallas	flat
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 passage	punct
14	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 passage	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 according	fixed
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Pallas	appos
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past			what manner	tree rules
2	regard	present	the Athenians	the goddess		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goddess=Theme
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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

As a lesser goddess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	4 goddess	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 goddess	det
3	lesser	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 goddess	amod
4	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

With mild indifference

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 indifference	case
2	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 indifference	amod
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

With special veneration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 veneration	case
2	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 veneration	amod
3	veneration	veneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

With fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	2 fear	case
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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