Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…

Which of the following describes the marriage of Thetis and Peleus, and the role of Eris therein?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, marry · To what, where: marriage, Thetis

This is exam question 1 of lesson 517 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis weds Peleus, then the war-god Ares is hated by his father» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 marriage	det
7	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Thetis	case
9	Thetis	Thetis	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 marriage	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Peleus	cc
11	Peleus	Peleus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Thetis	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 role	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 role	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 role	det
15	role	role	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Eris	case
17	Eris	Eris	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 role	nmod
18	therein	therein	ADV	_	15 role	advmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the marriage of Thetis and Peleus	the role of Eris obl	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme
3	marry		Thetis and Peleus		nom marriage «state transitive»: of=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

All the gods and goddesses were present at the wedding, and Eris alone was seated apart by Zeus, as she was the cause of the war at Troy later

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 gods	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gods	det
3	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 present	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 goddesses	cc
5	goddesses	goddess	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gods	conj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 present	cop
7	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 wedding	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wedding	det
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 present	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 seated	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 seated	cc
13	Eris	Eris	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 seated	nsubj:pass
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	13 Eris	advmod
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 seated	aux:pass
16	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 present	conj
17	apart	apart	ADV	_	16 seated	advmod
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 Zeus	case
19	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 seated	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 cause	punct
21	as	as	ADP	_	25 cause	case
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 cause	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 cause	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 cause	det
25	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 present	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 war	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 war	det
28	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 cause	nmod
29	at	at	ADP	_	30 Troy	case
30	Troy	Troy	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 cause	nmod
31	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	25 cause	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	all gods and goddesses		the wedding	present property	tree rules
2	seat	past · passive	Zeus	Eris		apart property	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Value
3	is	past	Eris		Troy	as the cause; of the war; late property	tree rules

Option 2

Thetis fled the wedding and Eris took her place at the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thetis	Thetis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wedding	det
4	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 took	cc
6	Eris	Eris	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 took	nsubj
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fled	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 place	nmod:poss
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 took	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 feast	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 feast	det
12	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	Thetis	the wedding					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wedding=Initial_Location
2	take	past	Eris	Eris's place		the feast			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent place=Theme at feast=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

All the gods came to the marriage, but Eris was left out, which led to the golden apple dispute at the feast of Peleus and Thetis

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 gods	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gods	det
3	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 marriage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 marriage	det
7	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 left	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 left	cc
10	Eris	Eris	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 left	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 left	aux:pass
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 came	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 left	compound:prt
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 led	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 led	nsubj
16	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	21 dispute	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 dispute	det
19	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 dispute	amod
20	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dispute	compound
21	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 led	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 feast	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 feast	det
24	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 led	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 Peleus	case
26	Peleus	Peleus	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 feast	nmod
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 Thetis	cc
28	Thetis	Thetis	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 Peleus	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	all gods		the marriage		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to marriage=Initial_Location
2	leave out	past · passive		Eris			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	lead	past			the feast of Peleus and Thetis	to the golden apple dispute	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to dispute=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The marriage was attended by all the gods except Eris, who was deliberately excluded

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marriage	det
2	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attended	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 attended	aux:pass
4	attended	attend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 gods	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 gods	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gods	det
8	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attended	obl
9	except	except	ADP	_	10 Eris	case
10	Eris	Eris	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gods	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 excluded	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 excluded	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 excluded	aux:pass
14	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	15 excluded	advmod
15	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 gods	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	past · passive	all gods except Eris	the marriage					vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Goal
2	exclude	past · passive		all gods except Eris				deliberately property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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