Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his…

Upon what site did Apollo, having examined several regions, resolve to establish his oracle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: have, examine, resolve, establish · To what, where: examined several regions, oracle

This is exam question 1 of lesson 509 «Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his love affairs go wrong» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 resolve	obl
3	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 resolve	aux
5	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 having	punct
7	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 did	advcl
8	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 regions	amod
9	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 regions	amod
10	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 having	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 resolve	punct
12	resolve	resolve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 establish	mark
14	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 resolve	xcomp
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 oracle	nmod:poss
16	oracle	oracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 establish	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 resolve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	have	gerund	examined several regions	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent region=Patient
2	examine	participle		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	resolve	past · do-support		tree rules
4	establish	to-infinitive	site's oracle	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oracle=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

Below the eastern cliffs of Helicon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Below	below	ADP	_	4 cliffs	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cliffs	det
3	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cliffs	amod
4	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Helicon	case
6	Helicon	helicon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cliffs	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Beneath the southern cliffs of Parnassus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	_	4 cliffs	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cliffs	det
3	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cliffs	amod
4	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Parnassus	case
6	Parnassus	Parnassus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cliffs	nmod

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

Option 3

Beneath the southern cliffs of Parnassus, after he had surveyed many regions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	_	4 cliffs	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cliffs	det
3	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cliffs	amod
4	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Parnassus	case
6	Parnassus	Parnassus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cliffs	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 surveyed	punct
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 surveyed	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 surveyed	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 surveyed	aux
11	surveyed	survey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 cliffs	acl
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 regions	amod
13	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 surveyed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	survey	past · perfect	Parnassus	many regions					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent region=Theme

Option 4

Beside the northern shore of Corinth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beside	beside	ADP	_	4 shore	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shore	det
3	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shore	amod
4	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Corinth	case
6	Corinth	Corinth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shore	nmod

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

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