Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

Describe the manner in which Hippomenes secured his victory over Atalanta in the course.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Hippomenes · What happens: describe, secure · To what, where: manner, victory

This is exam question 3 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	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	7 secured	obl
6	Hippomenes	Hippomenes	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 secured	nsubj
7	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 victory	nmod:poss
9	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	11 Atalanta	case
11	Atalanta	Atalanta	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 secured	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 course	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 course	det
14	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secured	obl
15	.	.	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	secure	past	Hippomenes	Hippomenes's victory		the manner		over Atalanta; in the course	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition victory=Theme

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

By dropping golden apples to distract her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 dropping	mark
2	dropping	drop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 apples	amod
4	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dropping	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 distract	mark
6	distract	distract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dropping	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 distract	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	gerund		golden apples					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme
2	distract	to-infinitive		her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 2

By tricking her with a magic potion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 tricking	mark
2	tricking	trick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricking	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 potion	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 potion	det
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 potion	amod
7	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	gerund		her = she				with a magic potion	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 3

By throwing three golden apples that she stopped to pick up, lost ground and fell behind

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 throwing	mark
2	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 apples	nummod
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 apples	amod
5	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 throwing	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 stopped	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stopped	nsubj
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 apples	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 pick	mark
10	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stopped	xcomp
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 pick	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ground	punct
13	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 ground	amod
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 apples	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fell	cc
16	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 throwing	conj
17	behind	behind	ADV	_	16 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund		three golden apples and lost ground		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme
2	stop	past	she			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	pick up	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	fall behind	past			behind property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

By throwing a golden net at her feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 throwing	mark
2	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 net	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 net	amod
5	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throwing	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 feet	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 throwing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund		a golden net		her feet			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent net=Theme at foot=Destination

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