Exam question 3 · Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Thief: baby Hermes ste…

What was the ultimate fate of the shepherd Battus, in consequence of his treachery?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: ultimate fate

This is exam question 3 of lesson 518 «Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Thief: baby Hermes steals oxen and turns a greedy shepherd to stone» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	5 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 shepherd	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shepherd	det
8	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
9	Battus	Battus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 shepherd	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 consequence	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 consequence	case
12	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 treachery	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 treachery	nmod:poss
15	treachery	treachery	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consequence	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the ultimate fate and consequence of Battus's treachery				of the shepherd	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 · ✓ the right answer

He was transformed into a lump of touchstone

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	3 transformed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 lump	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lump	det
6	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 touchstone	case
8	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lump	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		He				into a lump of touchstone result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into lump=Result

Option 2

He was transformed into a black lump of touchstone that still lies in the field

The tree, 15 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	3 transformed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 lump	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lump	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lump	amod
7	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 touchstone	case
9	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lump	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lies	nsubj
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 lies	advmod
12	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lump	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 field	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 field	det
15	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		He				into a black lump of touchstone result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into lump=Result
2	lie	present	a black lump of touchstone			the field	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location

Option 3

He was turned into a lump of touchstone and cast out of the herd forever as a warning

The tree, 18 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	3 turned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 lump	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lump	det
6	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 touchstone	case
8	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lump	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cast	cc
10	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 herd	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 herd	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 herd	det
14	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cast	obl
15	forever	forever	ADV	_	10 cast	advmod
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 warning	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 warning	det
18	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive		He		a lump of touchstone			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into lump=Trajectory
2	cast out	past		the herd				as a warning; forever property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent herd=Theme as warning=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He was cast into the river and drowned

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	3 cast	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cast	aux:pass
3	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drowned	cc
8	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cast	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past · passive		He		the river			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into river=Product
2	drown	participle							vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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