Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…
What was the outcome of the request made by the king of Phrygia to the god Dionysus?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, make · To what, where: outcome, request
This is exam question 4 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 outcome | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 outcome | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 outcome | det |
| 4 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 request | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 request | det |
| 7 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 outcome | nmod |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 request | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Phrygia | case |
| 13 | Phrygia | Phrygia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 king | nmod |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 god | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 god | det |
| 16 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | obl |
| 17 | Dionysus | Dionysus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 god | appos |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 outcome | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the outcome | of the request | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | the request not said here | by the king of Phrygia; to the god | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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
Everything he touched was changed into gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 changed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 touched | nsubj |
| 3 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Everything | acl:relcl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 changed | aux:pass |
| 5 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | past | he | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | change | past · passive | Everything | into gold result | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into gold=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The king was granted a golden palace, but his wife and children were turned to gold statues by the god
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 granted | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 granted | aux:pass |
| 4 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 palace | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 palace | amod |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 granted | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 turned | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 turned | cc |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 wife | nmod:poss |
| 11 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 turned | nsubj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 children | cc |
| 13 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 wife | conj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 turned | aux:pass |
| 15 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 granted | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 statues | case |
| 17 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 statues | compound |
| 18 | statues | statue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 turned | obl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 god | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 god | det |
| 21 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grant | past · passive | the king | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal palace=Theme | |||||
| 2 | turn | past · passive | the god | king's wife and children | gold statues | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to statue=Trajectory |
Option 3
Everything he ate was turned to stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ate | nsubj |
| 3 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Everything | acl:relcl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | aux:pass |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 stone | case |
| 7 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | he | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | turn | past · passive | Everything | stone | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory |
Option 4
Everything he touched was changed into gold, including his food and his own daughter
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 changed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 touched | nsubj |
| 3 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Everything | acl:relcl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 changed | aux:pass |
| 5 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 food | punct |
| 9 | including | including | ADP | _ | 11 food | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 food | nmod:poss |
| 11 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changed | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 daughter | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 daughter | amod |
| 15 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 food | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | past | he | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | change | past · passive | Everything | into gold result; including his food and his own daughter | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into gold=Result |
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