Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

By what means did Poseidon chiefly exert his dominion over the sea, according to the text?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, exert, accord · To what, where: dominion, sea, text

This is exam question 2 of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 exert	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 exert	aux
5	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
6	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	7 exert	advmod
7	exert	exert	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dominion	nmod:poss
9	dominion	dominion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exert	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exert	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 according	punct
14	according	accord	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 exert	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 text	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 text	det
17	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 according	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 exert	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	exert	past · do-support	Poseidon's dominion	the sea	chiefly property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Theme
3	accord	gerund			to the text goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to text=Goal

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

By the sea-horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 horses	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horses	det
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horses	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 sea	punct
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

By his chariot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 chariot	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 chariot	nmod:poss
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

By the trident, by means of which he produced earthquakes and raised islands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 trident	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trident	det
3	trident	trident	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 means	case
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 produced	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 produced	nsubj
10	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 means	ccomp
11	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 produced	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 islands	cc
13	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 islands	amod
14	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 earthquakes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			by the trident	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	produce	past	he	earthquakes and raised islands		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=Result
3	raise	participle				vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

By his crystal palace, by means of which he ruled the waves and the fish of the deep

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 palace	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 palace	nmod:poss
3	crystal	crystal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 palace	amod
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 palace	punct
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 means	case
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 ruled	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ruled	nsubj
11	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 waves	det
13	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ruled	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fish	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fish	det
16	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ruled	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 deep	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 deep	det
19	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 fish	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						by his crystal palace	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	rule	past	he	the waves					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme

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