Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

Which regulation did Aides invoke to retain Persephone in the lower world?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: regulation · What happens: invoke, retain · To what, where: Persephone, lower world

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 regulation	det
2	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invoke	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 invoke	aux
4	Aides	aide	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 invoke	nsubj
5	invoke	invoke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 retain	mark
7	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 invoke	xcomp
8	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retain	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 world	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
11	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 world	amod
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retain	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 invoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invoke	past · do-support	which regulation						tree rules
2	retain	to-infinitive	which regulation not said here	Persephone		the lower world			tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

the rule binding immortals who had consumed food there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 immortals	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 binding	compound
3	binding	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 immortals	amod
4	immortals	immortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consumed	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 consumed	aux
7	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 immortals	acl:relcl
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumed	obj
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 consumed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	gerund							vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	consume	past · perfect	the binding immortals	food		there			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset

Option 2

the ancient law binding every immortal who had eaten the food of the dead while in their realm

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 law	det
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 law	amod
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	binding	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 law	acl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 immortal	det
6	immortal	immortal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 binding	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 eaten	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 eaten	aux
9	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 immortal	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 food	det
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eaten	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 while	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 while	det
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 while	amod
15	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 food	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 realm	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 realm	nmod:poss
18	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	gerund	the ancient law not said here	every immortal					vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent immortal=Patient
2	eat	past · perfect	every immortal	the food of the dead while		their realm			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 3

the custom that the dead must never leave the realm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 custom	det
2	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leave	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 dead	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dead	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 custom	acl
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 leave	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 leave	advmod
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 realm	det
10	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	must	the custom	the realm					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

the rule that any immortal who had consumed food in the lower world must stay there forever

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 stay	mark
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 immortal	det
5	immortal	immortal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stay	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 consumed	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 consumed	aux
8	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 immortal	acl:relcl
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consumed	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 world	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
12	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 world	amod
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consumed	obl
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 stay	aux
15	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rule	acl
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 stay	advmod
17	forever	forever	ADV	_	15 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · perfect	any immortal	food		the lower world			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset
2	stay	must	any immortal	the rule not said here		there		forever property	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme rule=Location

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