Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Demeter and Persephone, part 10:…

Describe the manner in which Demeter responded upon learning of Zeus's complicity.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Demeter · What happens: describe, respond · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 responded	obl
6	Demeter	Demeter	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 responded	nsubj
7	responded	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 learning	case
9	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 responded	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 complicity	case
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 complicity	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Zeus	case
13	complicity	complicity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 learning	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	respond speech: other	past	Demeter			the manner		upon learning of Zeus's complicity	vn respond-113 «NP V»: 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

She wept

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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	She						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She cursed Zeus and hid in the mortal world

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 cursed	nsubj
2	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cursed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hid	cc
5	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cursed	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
8	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 world	amod
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	She	Zeus					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Theme
2	hide	past	She not said here			the mortal world			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in world=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She abandoned Olympus and refused heavenly food

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 abandoned	nsubj
2	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 abandoned	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 refused	cc
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 abandoned	conj
6	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past	She	Olympus					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme olympus=Source
2	refuse	past	She not said here	heavenly food					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

She left Olympus

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 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	She	Olympus					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olympus=Theme

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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