Exam question 1 · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

Which punishment was imposed upon Sisyphus by the authority of Zeus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: authority · What happens: impose · To what, where: punishment

This is exam question 1 of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» 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 punishment	det
2	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 imposed	aux:pass
4	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 Sisyphus	case
6	Sisyphus	Sisyphus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 authority	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 authority	det
9	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Zeus	case
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 authority	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 imposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · passive	the authority of Zeus	which punishment				upon Sisyphus	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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

Perpetual hauling of an immense block of stone across a river of fire to the summit

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perpetual	perpetual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hauling	amod
2	hauling	hauling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 block	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 block	det
5	immense	immense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 block	amod
6	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hauling	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 stone	case
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 block	nmod
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 block	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 fire	case
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 river	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 summit	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 summit	det
16	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hauling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haul			a immense block of stone across a river of fire				to the summit	nom hauling «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 2

Ceaseless hauling of a heavy stone up a mountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ceaseless	ceaseless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hauling	amod
2	hauling	hauling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 stone	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stone	det
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stone	amod
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hauling	nmod
7	up	up	ADP	_	2 hauling	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mountain	det
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hauling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haul			a heavy stone					nom hauling «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Perpetual rolling of a huge stone up a steep hill that always falls back down again

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perpetual	perpetual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rolling	amod
2	rolling	rolling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 stone	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stone	det
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stone	amod
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolling	nmod
7	up	up	ADP	_	10 hill	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hill	det
9	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hill	amod
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stone	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 falls	nsubj
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 falls	advmod
13	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hill	acl:relcl
14	back	back	ADV	_	15 down	advmod
15	down	down	ADV	_	13 falls	advmod
16	again	again	ADV	_	13 falls	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall back	present	a steep hill				again	always, down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	roll		a huge stone up a steep hill						nom rolling «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Perpetual rolling of a block of stone up a steep hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perpetual	perpetual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rolling	amod
2	rolling	rolling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 block	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 block	det
5	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolling	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 stone	case
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 block	nmod
8	up	up	ADP	_	11 hill	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hill	det
10	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hill	amod
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 block	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll		a block of stone up a steep hill						nom rolling «event intransitive»: of=agent

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