Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from th…

Which substance, according to the text, mingled with the sea to produce the goddess?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, mingle, produce · To what, where: substance, goddess

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mingled	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 text	punct
4	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 text	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 according	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 text	det
7	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substance	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mingled	punct
9	mingled	mingle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mingled	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 produce	mark
14	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 mingled	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 goddess	det
16	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 produce	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 mingled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	mingle	participle · passive	which substance	with the sea	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with sea=Co-Patient
3	produce	to-infinitive	the goddess		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goddess=Result

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 seed of Cronus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seed	det
2	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Cronus	case
4	Cronus	Cronus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 seed	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the blood of Uranus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blood	det
2	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Uranus	case
4	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 blood	nmod

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

Option 3

the blood of Uranus, wounded by Cronus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blood	det
2	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Uranus	case
4	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 blood	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wounded	punct
6	wounded	wound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 blood	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Cronus	case
8	Cronus	Cronus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	participle		the blood of Uranus not said here				by Cronus	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

the blood of Uranus, after Cronus wounded him with a sickle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blood	det
2	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wounded	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Uranus	case
4	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 blood	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wounded	punct
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 wounded	mark
7	Cronus	Cronus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wounded	nsubj
8	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wounded	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sickle	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sickle	det
12	sickle	sickle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	past	the blood of Uranus	Cronus				with a sickle	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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