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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

detobjcaseobldetnsubjacl:relclobjcaseoblpunctrootStateVERBtheDETconditionNOUNuponADPwhichPRONtheDETFatesNOUNconferredVERBimmortalityNOUNonADPAdmetusPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StatestateVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 conditiondet
3conditionconditionNOUNNumber=Sing1 Stateobj
4uponuponADP_5 whichcase
5whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel8 conferredobl
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Fatesdet
7FatesfateNOUNNumber=Plur8 conferrednsubj
8conferredconferVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 conditionacl:relcl
9immortalityimmortalityNOUNNumber=Sing8 conferredobj
10ononADP_11 Admetuscase
11AdmetusAdmetusPROPNNumber=Sing8 conferredobl
12..PUNCT_1 Statepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1state speech: otherimperativeyou not said herethe conditionvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2conferpastthe FatesimmortalityAdmetusupon the conditiontree 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

detnsubjcasenmod:possnmodobjcasenmod:possoblrootthatDEToneNUMofADPhisPRONkinNOUNacceptVERBdeathNOUNinADPhisPRONplaceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 onedet
2oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 acceptnsubj
3ofofADP_5 kincase
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 kinnmod:poss
5kinkinNOUNNumber=Sing2 onenmod
6acceptacceptVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing6 acceptobj
8ininADP_10 placecase
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 placenmod:poss
10placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing6 acceptobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1acceptpresentthat one of his kindeathhis placevn 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

markdetcasenmod:possamodcompoundnmodcasenmod:possnmodrootthatSCONJaDETmemberNOUNofADPhisPRONownADJfamilyNOUNdieNOUNinADPhisPRONsteadNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1thatthatSCONJ_3 membermark
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 memberdet
3membermemberNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4ofofADP_8 diecase
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 dienmod:poss
6ownownADJDegree=Pos8 dieamod
7familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing8 diecompound
8diedieNOUNNumber=Sing3 membernmod
9ininADP_11 steadcase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 steadnmod:poss
11steadsteadNOUNNumber=Sing8 dienmod

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
markdetnsubj:passcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctadvclcaseoblpunctadvmodcasenmod:possoblcasedetamodoblrootthatSCONJaDETmemberNOUNofADPhisPRONownADJhouseholdNOUN,PUNCTboundVERBbyADPbloodNOUN,PUNCTwillinglyADVdieVERBinADPhisPRONplaceNOUNatADPtheDETappointedVERBhourNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1thatthatSCONJ_9 boundmark
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 memberdet
3membermemberNOUNNumber=Sing9 boundnsubj:pass
4ofofADP_7 householdcase
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 householdnmod:poss
6ownownADJDegree=Pos7 householdamod
7householdhouseholdNOUNNumber=Sing3 membernmod
8,,PUNCT_9 boundpunct
9boundbindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 dieadvcl
10bybyADP_11 bloodcase
11bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing9 boundobl
12,,PUNCT_14 diepunct
13willinglywillinglyADV_14 dieadvmod
14diedieVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
15ininADP_17 placecase
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 placenmod:poss
17placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing14 dieobl
18atatADP_21 hourcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 hourdet
20appointedappointVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 houramod
21hourhourNOUNNumber=Sing14 dieobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bindparticiple · passivea member of his own householdby bloodvn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2dieimperativeyou not said herehourin his place; willingly propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Attribute
3appointparticiplevn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

That someone outside his household die instead

detcasenmod:posscompoundnmodadvmodrootThatDETsomeonePRONoutsideADPhisPRONhouseholdNOUNdieNOUNinsteadADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 someonedet
2someonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Indrootroot
3outsideoutsideADP_6 diecase
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 dienmod:poss
5householdhouseholdNOUNNumber=Sing6 diecompound
6diedieNOUNNumber=Sing2 someonenmod
7insteadinsteadADV_6 dieadvmod

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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