Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his…

By what stratagem did Apollo procure ministers for his newly founded temple?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Apollo · What happens: procure, found · To what, where: ministers

This is exam question 2 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 procure	obj
3	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 procure	aux
5	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 procure	nsubj
6	procure	procure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	ministers	minister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 procure	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 temple	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 temple	nmod:poss
10	newly	newly	ADV	_	11 founded	advmod
11	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 temple	amod
12	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 procure	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 procure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	procure	past · do-support	Apollo	ministers				for Apollo's founded temple	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary minister=Theme
2	found	participle						newly property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

By sending a storm to drive the Cretan crew onto the coast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 storm	det
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 drive	mark
6	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sending	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crew	det
8	Cretan	Cretan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 crew	compound
9	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drive	obj
10	onto	onto	ADP	_	12 coast	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coast	det
12	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		a storm					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme
2	drive	to-infinitive		the Cretan crew		the coast			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent crew=Theme onto coast=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By transforming into a dolphin and driving a ship ashore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 transforming	mark
2	transforming	transform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 dolphin	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dolphin	det
5	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforming	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 driving	cc
7	driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 transforming	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 driving	obj
10	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	7 driving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	gerund						into a dolphin result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dolphin=Result
2	drive	gerund		a ship				ashore property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme ship=Trajectory

Option 3

By bribing the sailors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 bribing	mark
2	bribing	bribe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sailors	det
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bribing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	gerund		the sailors					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient

Option 4

By calling the Cretan sailors to offer sacrifice in his name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sailors	det
4	Cretan	Cretan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sailors	compound
5	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 calling	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 offer	mark
7	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 calling	advcl
8	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 offer	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 name	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 offer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	call	gerund		the Cretan sailors		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sailor=Recipient
2	offer	to-infinitive		sacrifice	his name	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme
3	name		his = he			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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