Exam question 2 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

Identify the penalty imposed upon Apollo by Zeus for the slaying of the Cyclops.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, impose, slay · To what, where: penalty, Cyclops

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 penalty	det
3	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 penalty	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 Apollo	case
6	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Zeus	case
8	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 slaying	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 slaying	det
11	slaying	slaying	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Cyclops	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Cyclops	det
14	Cyclops	cyclops	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 slaying	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the penalty		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme
2	impose	participle		the penalty not said here	upon Apollo; by Zeus; for the slaying of the Cyclops	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	slay			the Cyclops		nom slaying «act 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

Service as a mortal, lightened by Hera's pleading

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mortal	nsubj
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 mortal	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mortal	det
4	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lightened	punct
6	lightened	lighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 mortal	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 pleading	case
8	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 pleading	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Hera	case
10	pleading	pleading	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lightened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lighten	participle						by Hera's pleading	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	plead		Hera						nom pleading «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Exile to Hades, softened by his mother's pleas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exile	Exile	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 Hades	case
3	Hades	Hade	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Exile	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 softened	punct
5	softened	soften	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Exile	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 pleas	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mother	nmod:poss
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pleas	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 mother	case
10	pleas	plea	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 softened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soften	participle		Exile to Hades not said here				by Exile's mother's pleas	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

A fine of gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fine	det
2	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fine	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fine			gold					nom fine «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

banishment to Tartarus, mitigated by Leto's intercession

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 Tartarus	case
3	Tartarus	Tartarus	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 banishment	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mitigated	punct
5	mitigated	mitigate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 banishment	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 intercession	case
7	Leto	Leto	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 intercession	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Leto	case
9	intercession	intercession	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mitigated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mitigate	participle		banishment to Tartarus not said here				by Leto's intercession	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	intercede		Leto						nom intercession «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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