Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…

What was the consequence of the king's sacrilegious conduct toward the god according to the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: be, accord, conduct · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 conduct	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	sacrilegious	sacrilegious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 conduct	amod
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
11	toward	toward	ADP	_	13 god	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 god	det
13	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
14	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 passage	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 according	fixed
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence	of the king's sacrilegious conduct toward the god; accord the passage	tree rules
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	conduct		the king		toward the god	nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent toward=obl

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

Pentheus was driven mad by the god

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pentheus	Pentheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 driven	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 driven	aux:pass
3	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 driven	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 god	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 god	det
7	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 driven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past · passive	the god	Pentheus				mad property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

The city of Thebes was struck by plague and famine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 city	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struck	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Thebes	case
4	Thebes	Thebes	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 city	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 struck	aux:pass
6	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 plague	case
8	plague	plague	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struck	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 famine	cc
10	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plague	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	plague and famine	the city of Thebes					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

His mother and aunts were punished by the god with exile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punished	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 aunts	cc
4	aunts	aunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mother	conj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 punished	aux:pass
6	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 god	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 god	det
9	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punished	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 exile	case
11	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 god	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past · passive	the god with exile	His mother and aunts					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Pentheus was torn apart by his mother and her sisters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pentheus	Pentheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 torn	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 torn	aux:pass
3	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	apart	apart	ADV	_	3 torn	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 torn	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sisters	cc
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sisters	nmod:poss
10	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear apart	past · passive	Pentheus's mother and her sisters	Pentheus				apart property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location subject=Theme

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