Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

What was the consequence of Metaneira's interruption of the nocturnal rite performed upon Demophoon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: consequence, Metaneira · What happens: be, perform, interrupt · To what, where: nocturnal rite

This is exam question 2 of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» 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 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 interruption	case
6	Metaneira	Metaneira	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 interruption	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Metaneira	case
8	interruption	interruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 rite	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rite	det
11	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rite	amod
12	rite	rite	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 interruption	nmod
13	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 rite	acl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 Demophoon	case
15	Demophoon	Demophoon	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 performed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the consequence of Metaneira's interruption of the nocturnal rite			tree rules
2	perform	participle		the nocturnal rite not said here	upon Demophoon	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	interrupt		Metaneira	the nocturnal rite		nom interruption «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ✓ the right answer

Demeter withdrew the child and revealed her divine nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Demeter	Demeter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 withdrew	nsubj
2	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdrew	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 revealed	cc
6	revealed	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 withdrew	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nature	nmod:poss
8	divine	divine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nature	amod
9	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 revealed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past	Demeter	the child					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	reveal	past	Demeter not said here	Demeter's divine nature					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic

Option 2

Demeter took the child out of the fire and showed her godly nature while the household watched in terror

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Demeter	demeter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 fire	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 showed	cc
10	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 nature	nmod:poss
12	godly	godly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 nature	amod
13	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 showed	obj
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 watched	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 household	det
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watched	nsubj
17	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 showed	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 terror	case
19	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	take	past	Demeter	the child	the fire	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent child=Theme out fire=Initial_Location
2	show	past	Demeter not said here	Demeter's godly nature		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nature=Recipient
3	watch	past	the household		terror	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in terror=Location

Option 3

Demeter withdrew the child from the fire and revealed her divine nature to the whole household

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Demeter	Demeter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 withdrew	nsubj
2	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdrew	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdrew	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 revealed	cc
9	revealed	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 withdrew	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 nature	nmod:poss
11	divine	divine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nature	amod
12	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 revealed	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 household	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 household	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 household	amod
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 revealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past	Demeter	the child		the fire			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent child=Theme from fire=Initial_Location
2	reveal	past	Demeter not said here	Demeter's divine nature	the whole household				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nature=Topic to household=Recipient

Option 4

Demeter cursed the queen and the child was lost in grief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Demeter	demeter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cursed	nsubj
2	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 queen	det
4	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cursed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lost	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cursed	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 grief	case
11	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	Demeter	the queen					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme
2	lose	past · passive		the child		grief			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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