Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from th…

With reference to the passage, which deity was the mother of AEneas?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: mother

This is exam question 1 of lesson 506 «Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from the sea, and Adonis's sad fate» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mother	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 deity	punct
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 deity	det
8	deity	deity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mother	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mother	det
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 AEneas	case
13	AEneas	AEneas	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mother	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 mother	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the mother				with reference to the passage and which deity; of AEneas	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 · ← Mova's choice

Persephone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Aphrodite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aphrodite	aphrodite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Cythera, the goddess who was born at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cythera	Cythera	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 goddess	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goddess	det
4	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cythera	appos
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 born	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 born	aux:pass
7	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 goddess	acl:relcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 sea	case
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		the goddess		sea			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Aphrodite, goddess of love and daughter of Zeus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aphrodite	aphrodite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 goddess	punct
3	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Aphrodite	appos
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 love	case
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goddess	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 daughter	cc
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Aphrodite	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Zeus	case
9	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 daughter	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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