Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

State the reason given by the uncles for seizing the hide from the maiden Atalanta.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: give, seize · To what, where: State reason, hide, maiden Atalanta

This is exam question 2 of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» 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	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 uncles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 uncles	det
7	uncles	uncle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	obl
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 seizing	mark
9	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 given	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hide	det
11	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seizing	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 Atalanta	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Atalanta	det
14	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Atalanta	amod
15	Atalanta	Atalanta	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 seizing	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the State reason not said here				by the uncles	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	seize	gerund		the hide		the maiden Atalanta			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hide=Theme from atalanta=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

They believed it was a family gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gift	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 gift	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gift	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gift	compound
7	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 believed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	They						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	it	a family gift					tree rules

Option 2

They insisted that as next of kin they were owed a share of the hunt's spoils by law

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 insisted	nsubj
2	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 next	mark
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 next	case
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 spoils	advcl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 kin	case
7	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 next	obl
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 owed	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 owed	aux:pass
10	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 kin	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 share	det
12	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 owed	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 hunt	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hunt	det
15	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 share	nmod
16	's	's	PART	_	15 hunt	case
17	spoils	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 insisted	parataxis
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 law	case
19	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spoils	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	insist speech: other	past	They			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	owe	past · passive		they		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal share=Theme
3	spoil	present			by law	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	share			the hunt		nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They claimed it as next of kin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 next	case
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claimed	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 kin	case
7	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 next	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	They	it				next property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

They argued that the spoil belonged to their blood relatives by right of inheritance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 argued	nsubj
2	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 belonged	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spoil	det
5	spoil	spoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belonged	nsubj
6	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 argued	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 relatives	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 relatives	nmod:poss
9	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relatives	compound
10	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 belonged	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 right	case
12	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belonged	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 inheritance	case
14	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 right	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	They						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	belong	past	the spoil					to their blood relatives; by right of inheritance	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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