Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

Describe the manner in which the contest between Apollo and Marsyas was adjudicated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, adjudicate · To what, where: manner, contest

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 adjudicated	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 contest	det
7	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 adjudicated	nsubj:pass
8	between	between	ADP	_	9 Apollo	case
9	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 contest	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Marsyas	cc
11	Marsyas	Marsyas	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Apollo	conj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 adjudicated	aux:pass
13	adjudicated	adjudicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	adjudicate	past · passive		the contest between Apollo and Marsyas		the manner			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

Zeus judged the contest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 judged	nsubj
2	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 contest	det
4	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past	Zeus	the contest					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent contest=Value

Option 2

A council of gods ruled that Marsyas had lost fairly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ruled	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gods	case
4	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 council	nmod
5	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
7	Marsyas	Marsyas	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lost	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ruled	ccomp
10	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	9 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	a council of gods						tree rules
2	lose	past · perfect · passive		Marsyas				fairly property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

The Muses acted as umpires, judged the contest fairly, and declared Apollo victorious after a long song

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Muses	det
2	Muses	muse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 acted	nsubj
3	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 umpires	case
5	umpires	umpire	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 acted	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 judged	punct
7	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 acted	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 contest	det
9	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 judged	obj
10	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	7 judged	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 declared	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 declared	cc
13	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 acted	conj
14	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 declared	obj
15	victorious	victorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 declared	xcomp
16	after	after	ADP	_	19 song	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 song	det
18	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 song	amod
19	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 declared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	act	past	the Muses			as umpires	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as umpire=Attribute
2	judge	past		the contest		fairly property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent contest=Value
3	declare speech: other	past	the Muses not said here	Apollo	after a long song	victorious property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apollo=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Muses acted as umpires and declared Apollo victorious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Muses	det
2	Muses	muse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 acted	nsubj
3	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 umpires	case
5	umpires	umpire	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 acted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 declared	cc
7	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 acted	conj
8	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 declared	obj
9	victorious	victorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 declared	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	past	the Muses					as umpires	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as umpire=Attribute
2	declare speech: other	past	the Muses not said here	Apollo				victorious property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apollo=Attribute

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