Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus lo…

Upon what condition did the rulers of Hades consent to release Eurydice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, rulers · What happens: do, consent, release · To what, where: Eurydice

This is exam question 1 of lesson 511 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus loses Eurydice twice, then dies, and Apollo's worship is described» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rulers	det
6	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 consent	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Hades	case
8	Hades	Hade	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 rulers	nmod
9	consent	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 release	mark
11	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 consent	xcomp
12	Eurydice	eurydice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 release	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	condition		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	consent	present	the rulers of Hades		vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	release	to-infinitive	the rulers of Hades not said here	Eurydice	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer eurydice=Source

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 Orpheus should walk ahead and never look upon her face until they reached the world above the earth

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Orpheus	det
2	Orpheus	Orpheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 walk	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 walk	aux
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 look	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 look	advmod
8	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 walk	conj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 face	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 face	nmod:poss
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 look	obl
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 reached	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 reached	nsubj
14	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 look	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 world	det
16	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reached	obj
17	above	above	ADP	_	19 earth	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 earth	det
19	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 world	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	walk	should	that Orpheus			ahead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not look	infinitive	that Orpheus not said here			upon Orpheus's face	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon face=Theme
3	reach	past	they	the world	the earth		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent world=Theme

Option 2

That Orpheus should keep silent and not turn his eyes upon her until they had climbed out of Hades and reached daylight

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Orpheus	det
2	Orpheus	Orpheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turn	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 turn	advmod
8	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 keep	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 eyes	nmod:poss
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 turn	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 turn	obl
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 climbed	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 climbed	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 climbed	aux
16	climbed	climb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 turn	advcl
17	out	out	ADP	_	19 Hades	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Hades	case
19	Hades	Hade	PROPN	Number=Plur	16 climbed	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 reached	cc
21	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	conj
22	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	should	that Orpheus			silent property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not turn	infinitive	that Orpheus not said here	Orpheus's eyes		upon her = she	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
3	climb	past · perfect · passive		eyes = eye	Hades		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4	reach	past	that Orpheus not said here	daylight			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent daylight=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That Orpheus should not look upon her until they reached the upper world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Orpheus	det
2	Orpheus	Orpheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 look	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 look	advmod
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 look	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 reached	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 reached	nsubj
10	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 look	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
12	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 world	amod
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not look	should	that Orpheus					upon her = she	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon she=Theme
2	reach	past	they	the upper world					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent world=Theme

Option 4

That Orpheus should not weep until they left the cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Orpheus	det
2	Orpheus	Orpheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 weep	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 weep	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 weep	advmod
5	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 left	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 left	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 weep	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cave	det
10	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not weep	should	that Orpheus						tree rules
2	leave	past	they	the cave					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Theme

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