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Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part 13: Phaethon drives…

Which of the following correctly identifies the agent by whose thunderbolt the runaway chariot of the sun was brought to a standstill?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: thunderbolt · What happens: follow, identify, bring · To what, where: agent, runaway chariot, standstill

This is exam question 2 of lesson 507 «Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part 13: Phaethon drives the sun-chariot and falls into the river Eridanus» 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

nsubjmarkdetcsubjadvmoddetobjcasenmod:possobldetamodnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passacl:relclcasedetoblpunctrootWhichPRONofSCONJtheDETfollowingVERBcorrectlyADVidentifiesVERBtheDETagentNOUNbyADPwhosePRONthunderboltNOUNtheDETrunawayADJchariotNOUNofADPtheDETsunNOUNwasAUXbroughtVERBtoADPaDETstandstillNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel6 identifiesnsubj
2ofofSCONJ_6 identifiesmark
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 identifiesdet
4followingfollowVERBVerbForm=Ger6 identifiescsubj
5correctlycorrectlyADV_4 followingadvmod
6identifiesidentifyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 agentdet
8agentagentNOUNNumber=Sing6 identifiesobj
9bybyADP_11 thunderboltcase
10whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel11 thunderboltnmod:poss
11thunderboltthunderboltNOUNNumber=Sing6 identifiesobl
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 chariotdet
13runawayrunawayADJDegree=Pos14 chariotamod
14chariotchariotNOUNNumber=Sing19 broughtnsubj:pass
15ofofADP_17 suncase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 sundet
17sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing14 chariotnmod
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 broughtaux:pass
19broughtbringVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 thunderboltacl:relcl
20totoADP_22 standstillcase
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 standstilldet
22standstillstandstillNOUNNumber=Sing19 broughtobl
23??PUNCT_6 identifiespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followgerundcorrectly propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2identifypresentthe agentby thunderboltvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme
3bringpast · passivethunderbolt not said herethe runaway chariot of the suna standstillvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to standstill=Destination

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

Hephaestus, the god of fire

punctdetapposcasenmodrootHephaestusPROPN,PUNCTtheDETgodNOUNofADPfireNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HephaestusHephaestusPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2,,PUNCT_4 godpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 goddet
4godgodNOUNNumber=Sing1 Hephaestusappos
5ofofADP_6 firecase
6firefireNOUNNumber=Sing4 godnmod

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

Option 2

Helios, the father of the charioteer

punctdetapposcasedetnmodrootHeliosNOUN,PUNCTtheDETfatherNOUNofADPtheDETcharioteerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HelioshelioNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
2,,PUNCT_4 fatherpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 fatherdet
4fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing1 Heliosappos
5ofofADP_7 charioteercase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 charioteerdet
7charioteercharioteerNOUNNumber=Sing4 fathernmod

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

Option 3

Aphrodite, the patroness of the youth

punctdetapposcasedetnmodrootAphroditeNOUN,PUNCTtheDETpatronessNOUNofADPtheDETyouthNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AphroditeaphroditeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2,,PUNCT_4 patronesspunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 patronessdet
4patronesspatronessNOUNNumber=Sing1 Aphroditeappos
5ofofADP_7 youthcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 youthdet
7youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing4 patronessnmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Zeus, the ruler of the gods

punctdetapposcasedetnmodrootZeusPROPN,PUNCTtheDETrulerNOUNofADPtheDETgodsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ZeusZeusPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2,,PUNCT_4 rulerpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 rulerdet
4rulerrulerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Zeusappos
5ofofADP_7 godscase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 godsdet
7godsgodNOUNNumber=Plur4 rulernmod

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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