Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…
Which of the following correctly identifies the parentage of the Gorgons, the Graeae, and the dragon of the Hesperides?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, parent · To what, where: parentage, Gorgons
This is exam question 3 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parentage | det |
| 8 | parentage | parentage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Gorgons | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Gorgons | det |
| 11 | Gorgons | Gorgon | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 parentage | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Graeae | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Graeae | det |
| 14 | Graeae | Graeae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Gorgons | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 dragon | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 dragon | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 dragon | det |
| 18 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Hesperides | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Hesperides | det |
| 21 | Hesperides | hesperid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 dragon | nmod |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | identify | present | the parentage of the Gorgons the Graeae | the dragon of the Hesperides obl; correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent parentage=Theme | ||||
| 3 | parent | the Gorgons the Graeae | nom parentage «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Phorcys and Ceto
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phorcys | Phorcys | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Ceto | cc |
| 3 | Ceto | Ceto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Phorcys | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Pontus and Gaia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pontus | Pontus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Gaia | cc |
| 3 | Gaia | Gaia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Pontus | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Gaia and Uranus, parents of the Titans, the Graeae and the Gorgons, and of the Hesperides' dragon too
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaia | Gaia | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Uranus | cc |
| 3 | Uranus | Uranus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Gaia | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 parents | punct |
| 5 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Gaia | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Titans | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Titans | det |
| 8 | Titans | Titan | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 parents | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Graeae | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Graeae | det |
| 11 | Graeae | Graeae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Titans | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 Gorgons | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Gorgons | det |
| 14 | Gorgons | Gorgon | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 Graeae | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 dragon | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 dragon | cc |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 dragon | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Hesperides | det |
| 19 | Hesperides | hesperid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 dragon | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 19 Hesperides | case |
| 21 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gaia | appos |
| 22 | too | too | ADV | _ | 21 dragon | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Phorcys and Ceto, parents of the Gorgons, Graeae and dragon of the Hesperides, and of the Sirens too
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phorcys | Phorcys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 parents | compound |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Ceto | cc |
| 3 | Ceto | Ceto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Phorcys | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Phorcys | punct |
| 5 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Gorgons | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Gorgons | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Gorgons | det |
| 8 | Gorgons | Gorgon | PROPN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Graeae | punct |
| 10 | Graeae | Graeae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Gorgons | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 dragon | cc |
| 12 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Gorgons | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Hesperides | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Hesperides | det |
| 15 | Hesperides | Hesperid | PROPN | Number=Plur | 12 dragon | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Sirens | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 Sirens | cc |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Sirens | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Sirens | det |
| 20 | Sirens | Siren | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 Gorgons | conj |
| 21 | too | too | ADV | _ | 20 Sirens | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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