Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part 13: Phaethon drives…
Which of the following correctly identifies the island that, according to this part of the narrative, was raised from the waters as the share of Helios?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: waters · What happens: follow, identify, accord, raise, share · To what, where: island, Helios
This is exam question 4 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 identifies | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 identifies | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 identifies | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 identifies | csubj |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 4 following | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 island | det |
| 8 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 raised | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 that | punct |
| 11 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 part | case |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 according | fixed |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 part | det |
| 14 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 raised | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 narrative | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 narrative | det |
| 17 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 part | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 part | punct |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 raised | aux:pass |
| 20 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 island | acl:relcl |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 waters | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 waters | det |
| 23 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 raised | obl:agent |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 26 share | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 share | det |
| 26 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 raised | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Helios | case |
| 28 | Helios | helio | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 share | nmod |
| 29 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 identifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | correctly property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | identify | present | the island | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent island=Theme | |||||
| 3 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | raise | past · passive | the waters | the island | accord this part of the narrative; as the share of Helios | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | |||
| 5 | share | Helios | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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
Eridanus, the river where Phaethon was buried
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eridanus | Eridanus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 river | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 river | det |
| 4 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Eridanus | appos |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 buried | advmod |
| 6 | Phaethon | Phaethon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 buried | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 buried | aux:pass |
| 8 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 river | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | past · passive | Phaethon | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Colchis, the kingdom of his son Aetes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colchis | Colchis | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kingdom | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kingdom | det |
| 4 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Colchis | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 son | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kingdom | nmod |
| 8 | Aetes | Aetes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Colchis | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Rhodes, which was the chief seat of his worship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhodes | rhode | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 seat | punct |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 seat | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 seat | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 seat | det |
| 6 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seat | amod |
| 7 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rhodes | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 worship | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 worship | nmod:poss |
| 10 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Rhodes | the chief seat | of his worship | tree rules | |||
| 2 | worship | his = he | nom worship «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Crete, the island of the sea-nymphs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crete | Crete | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 island | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 island | det |
| 4 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Crete | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 nymphs | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 nymphs | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 nymphs | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 sea | punct |
| 9 | nymphs | nymph | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 island | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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