Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…
Which character acted as guardian and preceptor to the young god Dionysus during his childhood?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: character · What happens: act
This is exam question 1 of lesson 520 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god's youth, travels and the golden king Midas» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 character | det |
| 2 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acted | nsubj |
| 3 | acted | act | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 guardian | case |
| 5 | guardian | guardian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acted | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 preceptor | cc |
| 7 | preceptor | preceptor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 guardian | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 god | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 god | det |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 god | amod |
| 11 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 preceptor | nmod |
| 12 | Dionysus | Dionysus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 god | appos |
| 13 | during | during | ADP | _ | 15 childhood | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 childhood | nmod:poss |
| 15 | childhood | childhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acted | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 acted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | participle | which character | during character's childhood | as guardian and preceptor to the young god | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as guardian=Attribute |
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
Pan, an aged satyr and son of Hermes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 satyr | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 satyr | det |
| 4 | aged | aged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 satyr | amod |
| 5 | satyr | satyr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pan | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 son | cc |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 satyr | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Hermes | case |
| 9 | Hermes | Hermes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 satyr | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Silenus, an old satyr and friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silenus | silenus | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 satyr | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 satyr | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 satyr | amod |
| 5 | satyr | satyr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Silenus | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 friend | cc |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Silenus | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Hermes, a messenger god and son of Zeus who carried the infant from the fire to the nymphs
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermes | Hermes | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 god | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 god | det |
| 4 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 god | compound |
| 5 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hermes | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 son | cc |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 god | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Zeus | case |
| 9 | Zeus | Zeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 god | nmod |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 carried | nsubj |
| 11 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 god | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 infant | det |
| 13 | infant | infant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 carried | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 fire | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 fire | det |
| 16 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | obl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 nymphs | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 nymphs | det |
| 19 | nymphs | nymph | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | a messenger god of Zeus and son | the infant | the nymphs | the fire | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent infant=Theme from fire=Initial_Location to nymph=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Silenus, an aged satyr and son of Pan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silenus | silenus | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 satyr | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 satyr | det |
| 4 | aged | aged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 satyr | amod |
| 5 | satyr | satyr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Silenus | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 son | cc |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 satyr | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Pan | case |
| 9 | Pan | Pan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 satyr | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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