Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

Which of the following was the means by which Apollo caused the death of Coronis?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: the, Coronis · What happens: follow, be, cause, die · To what, where: death · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	parataxis
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 caused	mark
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 caused	nsubj
10	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 caused	nsubj
11	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 death	det
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caused	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Coronis	case
15	Coronis	Coronis	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 death	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the		mean property	tree rules
3	cause	past		the death of Coronis		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient
4	die		Coronis			nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a death-bringing dart discharged from his bow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dart	det
2	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringing	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 death	punct
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 dart	amod
5	dart	dart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	discharged	discharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dart	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 bow	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bow	nmod:poss
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discharged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund							vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	discharge	participle		a bringing dart not said here		his bow			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from bow=Source

Option 2

a death-bringing dart discharged from his bow at her heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dart	det
2	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringing	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 death	punct
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 dart	amod
5	dart	dart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	discharged	discharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dart	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 bow	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bow	nmod:poss
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discharged	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 heart	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 heart	nmod:poss
12	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discharged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund							vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	discharge	participle		a bringing dart not said here		his bow		at her heart	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from bow=Source

Option 3

a fiery thunderbolt hurled down from Olympus by his father Zeus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 thunderbolt	det
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thunderbolt	amod
3	thunderbolt	thunderbolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 thunderbolt	acl
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 hurled	compound:prt
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Olympus	case
7	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hurled	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 father	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 father	nmod:poss
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurled	obl
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 father	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl down	participle		a fiery thunderbolt not said here		Olympus		by Olympus's father	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by father=Destination

Option 4

A sharp arrow loosed from his silver bow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 arrow	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arrow	amod
3	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	loosed	loose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 arrow	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 bow	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bow	nmod:poss
7	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bow	amod
8	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	loose	participle		a sharp arrow not said here		his silver bow			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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