Exam question 3 · Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a deer replaces the girl…
By what means did the siblings establish their identity to one another?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: siblings · What happens: mean, do, establish · To what, where: identity, one
This is exam question 3 of lesson 514 «Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a deer replaces the girl on the altar» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | obj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 siblings | det |
| 6 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 establish | nsubj |
| 7 | establish | establish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | ccomp |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 identity | nmod:poss |
| 9 | identity | identity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 establish | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 one | case |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 establish | obl |
| 12 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 one | fixed |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | establish | present | the siblings | siblings's identity | one | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient |
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
A letter, then a long argument
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 letter | det |
| 2 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 argument | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 argument | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 argument | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 argument | amod |
| 7 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 letter | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Tears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Recognition, followed by joyful tears and embraces
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recognition | recognition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 followed | punct |
| 3 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Recognition | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 tears | case |
| 5 | joyful | joyful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tears | amod |
| 6 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 followed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 embraces | cc |
| 8 | embraces | embrace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 tears | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | participle | Recognition not said here | by joyful tears and embraces | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by tear=Location |
Option 4
A scar, then bitter argument and blows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 scar | det |
| 2 | scar | scar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 argument | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 argument | advmod |
| 5 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 argument | amod |
| 6 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scar | appos |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 blows | cc |
| 8 | blows | blow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 argument | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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