Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…
Which principal interpretation of the myth was offered in relation to the change of seasons?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: seasons · What happens: interpretation, offer, change · To what, where: principal interpretation, relation
This is exam question 4 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 interpretation | nsubj |
| 2 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 interpretation | amod |
| 3 | interpretation | interpretation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 myth | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 myth | det |
| 6 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 interpretation | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 offered | aux:pass |
| 8 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 relation | case |
| 10 | relation | relation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offered | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 change | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 change | det |
| 13 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offered | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 seasons | case |
| 15 | seasons | season | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 change | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 offered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | interpretation | of the myth | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | offer | past · passive | principal interpretation | relation | to the change of seasons goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to change=Goal | |||
| 3 | change | seasons | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice
a nature story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 2 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 story | compound |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
an allegory illustrating the seasonal cycle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 allegory | det |
| 2 | allegory | allegory | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | illustrating | illustrate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 allegory | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cycle | det |
| 5 | seasonal | seasonal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cycle | amod |
| 6 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 illustrating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | illustrate | gerund | a allegory not said here | the seasonal cycle | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cycle=Destination |
Option 3
a symbolic tale of the yearly seasons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tale | det |
| 2 | symbolic | symbolic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tale | amod |
| 3 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 seasons | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 seasons | det |
| 6 | yearly | yearly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seasons | amod |
| 7 | seasons | season | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tale | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell | the yearly seasons | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
a religious story about the crops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 2 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 story | amod |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 crops | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 crops | det |
| 6 | crops | crop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 story | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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