Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Demeter and Persephone, part 10:…

Specify the reason which, according to the text, led Zeus to sanction the abduction of his daughter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, reason, Zeus · What happens: specify, accord, lead, sanction, abduct · To what, where: reason, Zeus, abduction, daughter

This is exam question 3 of lesson 504 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Demeter and Persephone, part 10: Demeter, grief-stricken, searches for her stolen daughter and learns that Zeus allowed it.» 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 led	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 text	punct
6	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 text	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 according	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 text	det
9	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 led	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 text	punct
11	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
12	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 led	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 sanction	mark
14	sanction	sanction	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 led	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 abduction	det
16	abduction	abduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sanction	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 daughter	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 daughter	nmod:poss
19	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 abduction	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the reason	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	lead	past	the reason	Zeus	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent zeus=Patient clause=Result
4	sanction	to-infinitive	Zeus not said here	the abduction of text's daughter	vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abduction=Beneficiary
5	abduct			text's daughter	nom abduction «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Because Aides had bribed Hera with a great gift of gold and horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 bribed	mark
2	Aides	aide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bribed	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bribed	aux
4	bribed	bribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bribed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 gift	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gift	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gift	amod
9	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bribed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 gold	case
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gift	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 horses	cc
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gift	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past · perfect · passive		Aides				with a great gift of gold and horses	tree rules
2	gift			gold					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

That she might become Aides' wife and queen of the underworld

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 become	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 become	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 become	aux
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Aides	aide	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wife	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 Aides	case
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 queen	cc
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wife	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 underworld	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 underworld	det
12	underworld	underworld	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wife	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	might	That	Aides's wife of the underworld and queen					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That she might become Aides' wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 become	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 become	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 become	aux
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Aides	aide	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wife	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 Aides	case
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	might	That	Aides's wife					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

To please the king of the dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 please	mark
2	please	please	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 please	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dead	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dead	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	please	to-infinitive		the king of the dead					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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