Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…
State the condition upon which the Fates conferred immortality on Admetus.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Fates · What happens: state, confer · To what, where: condition, immortality, Admetus
This is exam question 3 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 | State | state | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 condition | det |
| 3 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | obj |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 conferred | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Fates | det |
| 7 | Fates | fate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 conferred | nsubj |
| 8 | conferred | confer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 condition | acl:relcl |
| 9 | immortality | immortality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 conferred | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 Admetus | case |
| 11 | Admetus | Admetus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 conferred | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the condition | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | ||||
| 2 | confer | past | the Fates | immortality | Admetus | upon the condition | tree rules |
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
that one of his kin accept death in his place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 accept | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 kin | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 kin | nmod:poss |
| 5 | kin | kin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 one | nmod |
| 6 | accept | accept | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 accept | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 place | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 place | nmod:poss |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 accept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | present | that one of his kin | death | his place | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
that a member of his own family die in his stead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 member | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 member | det |
| 3 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 die | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 die | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 die | amod |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 die | compound |
| 8 | die | die | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 member | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 stead | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 stead | nmod:poss |
| 11 | stead | stead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 die | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
that a member of his own household, bound by blood, willingly die in his place at the appointed hour
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 bound | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 member | det |
| 3 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bound | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 household | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 household | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 household | amod |
| 7 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 member | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bound | punct |
| 9 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 die | advcl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 blood | case |
| 11 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bound | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 die | punct |
| 13 | willingly | willingly | ADV | _ | 14 die | advmod |
| 14 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 place | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 place | nmod:poss |
| 17 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 die | obl |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 hour | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 hour | det |
| 20 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 hour | amod |
| 21 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 die | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | participle · passive | a member of his own household | by blood | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | die | imperative | you not said here | hour | in his place; willingly property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Attribute | |||
| 3 | appoint | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
That someone outside his household die instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 someone | det |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 3 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 6 die | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 die | nmod:poss |
| 5 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 die | compound |
| 6 | die | die | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 someone | nmod |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 6 die | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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