Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

What quality of the sea-god's countenance distinguishes him from his brother Zeus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: quality · What happens: distinguish · To what, where: him

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 quality	det
2	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinguishes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	9 countenance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 god	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 god	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 sea	punct
7	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 countenance	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 god	case
9	countenance	countenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quality	nmod
10	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 distinguishes	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 brother	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 brother	nmod:poss
14	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinguishes	obl
15	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 brother	appos
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 distinguishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distinguish	present	what quality of the sea god's countenance	him = he				from quality's brother	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme from brother=Co-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

A softer voice and a gentler smile that charmed all who spoke with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 voice	det
2	softer	soft	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 voice	amod
3	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 smile	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 smile	det
6	gentler	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 smile	amod
7	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 voice	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 charmed	nsubj
9	charmed	charm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 smile	acl:relcl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 charmed	obj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 spoke	nsubj
12	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 all	acl:relcl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charm	past	a gentler smile	all					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus all=Experiencer
2	speak speech: other	past						with him = he	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent

Option 2

A stern brow and a graver face, with a longer beard and wild grey hair

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 brow	det
2	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brow	amod
3	brow	brow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 face	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 face	det
6	graver	grave	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 face	amod
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brow	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 beard	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 beard	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 beard	det
11	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 beard	amod
12	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brow	appos
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hair	cc
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hair	amod
15	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hair	amod
16	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 beard	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The absence of kindness and benignity, with sharper and more angry features

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sharper	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 kindness	case
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 benignity	cc
6	benignity	benignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindness	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sharper	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 sharper	case
9	sharper	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 features	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 angry	cc
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 angry	advmod
12	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sharper	conj
13	features	feature	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent			kindness and benignity					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He has the same kind and gentle eyes as his brother, but his jaw is broader and he holds a trident that makes him fearsome to mortals

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kind	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kind	amod
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 eyes	cc
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eyes	amod
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kind	conj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 brother	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brother	nmod:poss
11	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 broader	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 broader	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 jaw	nmod:poss
15	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 broader	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 broader	cop
17	broader	broad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 has	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 holds	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 holds	nsubj
20	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 trident	det
22	trident	trident	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 holds	obj
23	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 makes	nsubj
24	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 trident	acl:relcl
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 makes	obj
26	fearsome	fearsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 makes	xcomp
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 mortals	case
28	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 fearsome	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	the same kind and gentle eyes	as his brother	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient
2	is	present	his jaw		broad property	tree rules
3	hold	present	he	a trident		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trident=Theme
4	make	present	a trident	him = he	fearsome property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

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