Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part 13: Phaethon drives…

Which of the following accurately states the reason why Phaethon journeyed to his father's palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Phaethon · What happens: follow, state, journey · To what, where: reason, palace

This is exam question 3 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 journeyed	advmod
10	Phaethon	Phaethon	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 journeyed	nsubj
11	journeyed	journey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 palace	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 palace	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 father	case
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 journeyed	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	journey	past	Phaethon		Phaethon's father's palace		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to palace=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 · ← Mova's choice

He sought to become the guardian of the temple of Aphrodite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sought	nsubj
2	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 become	mark
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sought	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guardian	det
6	guardian	guardian	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 temple	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 temple	det
9	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guardian	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Aphrodite	case
11	Aphrodite	Aphrodite	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 temple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	past	He						tree rules
2	become not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the guardian of the temple of Aphrodite					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He sought to learn the secret of the frankincense shoot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sought	nsubj
2	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 learn	mark
4	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sought	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 secret	det
6	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learn	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 shoot	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shoot	det
9	frankincense	frankincense	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shoot	compound
10	shoot	shoot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secret	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	past	He						tree rules
2	learn not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the secret of the frankincense shoot					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic

Option 3

He sought to receive the Colossus as a gift from Helios

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sought	nsubj
2	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 receive	mark
4	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sought	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Colossus	det
6	Colossus	Colossus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 receive	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 gift	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gift	det
9	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 receive	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 Helios	case
11	Helios	Helios	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gift	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	past	He						tree rules
2	receive not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Colossus				as a gift from Helios	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colossus=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He sought to refute the claim of Epaphus that Helios was not his father

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sought	nsubj
2	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 refute	mark
4	refute	refute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sought	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 claim	det
6	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refute	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Epaphus	case
8	Epaphus	Epaphus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 claim	nmod
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 father	mark
10	Helios	Helios	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 father	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 father	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 father	advmod
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 claim	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	seek	past	He		tree rules
2	refute not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the claim of Epaphus	tree rules
3	not is a	past	Helios	Helios's father	tree rules
4	claim			Epaphus	nom claim «communication transitive»: of=patient

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