Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

Explain the cause of the calm that delayed the departure of the fleet at Aulis.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, calm, fleet · What happens: explain, delay, cause, depart · To what, where: cause, departure, calm

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 calm	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 calm	det
6	calm	calm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 delayed	nsubj
8	delayed	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 calm	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 departure	det
10	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 delayed	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 fleet	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fleet	det
13	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departure	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 Aulis	case
15	Aulis	Aulis	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 fleet	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the cause of the calm	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic
2	delay	past	the calm	the departure of the fleet at Aulis	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent departure=Source
3	cause			the calm	nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	depart		the fleet at Aulis		nom departure «act intransitive»: of=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

Agamemnon's killing of a stag in a sacred grove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 killing	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Agamemnon	case
3	killing	killing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 stag	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stag	det
6	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killing	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 grove	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 grove	det
9	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grove	amod
10	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stag	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill		Agamemnon	a stag in a sacred grove					nom killing «event transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2

Agamemnon's killing of a sacred stag in the grove, which the goddess took as an insult to her shrine

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 killing	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Agamemnon	case
3	killing	killing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 took	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 stag	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stag	det
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stag	amod
7	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killing	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 grove	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grove	det
10	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stag	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 goddess	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 goddess	nsubj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goddess	det
14	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grove	conj
15	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 insult	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 insult	det
18	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 took	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 shrine	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 shrine	nmod:poss
21	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	goddess		the grove and the goddess			tree rules
2	take	past	Agamemnon's killing of a sacred stag in the grove and the goddess		as a insult; to killing's shrine result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to shrine=Result
3	kill		Agamemnon	a sacred stag in the grove and the goddess		nom killing «event transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

Poseidon's anger over an unpaid sacrifice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 anger	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Poseidon	case
3	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	7 sacrifice	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sacrifice	det
6	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sacrifice	amod
7	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 anger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anger		Poseidon			a unpaid sacrifice			nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent over=place

Option 4

Agamemnon's slaying of a sacred stag in the grove of Artemis that angered her

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 slaying	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Agamemnon	case
3	slaying	slaying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 stag	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stag	det
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stag	amod
7	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slaying	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 grove	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grove	det
10	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stag	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Artemis	case
12	Artemis	artemis	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grove	nmod
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 angered	nsubj
14	angered	anger	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 Artemis	acl:relcl
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 angered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anger	past	Artemis	Agamemnon					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
2	slay		Agamemnon	a sacred stag in the grove of Artemis					nom slaying «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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