Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's…

What was the nature of the casting-vote Athene bestowed at the Areopagus, as stated in the text?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature · What happens: be, bestow, state · To what, where: vote Athene, text

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 Athene	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Athene	det
7	casting	casting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vote	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 casting	punct
9	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Athene	compound
10	Athene	athene	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
11	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 Athene	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 Areopagus	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Areopagus	det
14	Areopagus	Areopagus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 bestowed	obl:agent
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stated	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 stated	mark
17	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 bestowed	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 text	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 text	det
20	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stated	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the nature of the vote Athene			tree rules
2	bestow	participle		the vote Athene not said here		tree rules
3	state speech: other	participle			the text	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

Favourable to the accused, but only because Athene feared Poseidon's anger over the trial

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 Favourable	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 accused	det
4	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 to	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feared	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 feared	cc
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 feared	advmod
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 feared	mark
9	Athene	Athene	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 feared	nsubj
10	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Favourable	conj
11	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 anger	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Poseidon	case
13	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feared	obj
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 trial	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 trial	det
16	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	accuse	participle				vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	fear	past	Athene	Poseidon's anger	the trial	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anger=Stimulus
3	anger		Poseidon			nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Neutral, to keep the peace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neutral	neutral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peace	det
6	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the peace					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Favourable to the accused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 Favourable	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 accused	det
4	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 to	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accuse	participle							vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Against the accused, though she pardoned Orestes later because Apollo had persuaded her to

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Against	against	SCONJ	_	3 accused	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 accused	det
3	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pardoned	punct
5	though	though	SCONJ	_	7 pardoned	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pardoned	nsubj
7	pardoned	pardon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 accused	conj
8	Orestes	Orestes	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 pardoned	obj
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 accused	advmod
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 persuaded	mark
11	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 persuaded	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 persuaded	aux
13	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 accused	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 persuaded	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	13 persuaded	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accuse	participle			late property	vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	pardon	past	she	Orestes		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orestes=Theme
3	persuade	past · perfect	Apollo	Orestes		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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