Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus lo…

What became of the father of Niobe's children after their deaths?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: children · What happens: become, die

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 father	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 father	det
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 children	case
7	Niobe	Niobe	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 children	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Niobe	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 father	nmod
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 deaths	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 deaths	nmod:poss
12	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 became	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past					after children's deaths	of the father of Niobe's children	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	die		children = child						nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

He took his own life beside his favourite son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 life	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 life	amod
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 son	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 son	nmod:poss
8	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 son	amod
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	his own life				beside his favourite son	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 2

He died in battle at Thebes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 battle	case
4	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 Thebes	case
6	Thebes	Thebes	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	He					at Thebes; in battle	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in battle=Attribute

Option 3

He fled to Thebes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Thebes	case
4	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	He			Thebes			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to thebe=Initial_Location

Option 4

He was turned into stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 stone	case
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive		He		stone			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into stone=Trajectory

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