Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

Upon what occasion did Poseidon undertake the building of the walls of Troy?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Poseidon · What happens: undertake · To what, where: building

This is exam question 3 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 undertake	obj
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
5	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 building	det
8	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 walls	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 walls	det
11	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 building	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Troy	case
13	Troy	Troy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 walls	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	Poseidon	the building of the walls of Troy					tree rules

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

Upon his marriage to a Trojan princess, to honor the city's gods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 marriage	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 marriage	nmod:poss
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 honor	obl
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 princess	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 princess	det
6	Trojan	trojan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 princess	amod
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marriage	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 honor	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 honor	mark
10	honor	honor	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 city	det
12	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gods	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 city	case
14	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 honor	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honor	to-infinitive		the city's gods				upon his marriage to a Trojan princess	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme
2	marry		his = he					to a Trojan princess	nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 2

After a quarrel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 quarrel	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 quarrel	det
3	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

Upon a wager with Athena, to win the city of Athens for himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 wager	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wager	det
3	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 win	obl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 Athena	case
5	Athena	Athena	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wager	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 win	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 win	mark
8	win	win	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 city	det
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 win	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Athens	case
12	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 city	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 himself	case
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	to-infinitive		the city of Athens				upon a wager with Athena; for Athens	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent city=Theme for himself=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Upon his condemnation, for a year, to forego his dominion over the sea

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 condemnation	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 condemnation	nmod:poss
3	condemnation	condemnation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forego	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 condemnation	punct
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 year	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condemnation	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 forego	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 forego	mark
10	forego	forego	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dominion	nmod:poss
12	dominion	dominion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forego	obj
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forego	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forego	to-infinitive		his dominion		the sea		upon his condemnation for a year	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Theme
2	condemn		his = he				for a year		nom condemnation «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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