Exam question 2 · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

Upon what grounds was Ixion condemned to be bound to an ever-revolving wheel?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: grounds · What happens: be, condemn, bind, revolve · To what, where: Ixion

This is exam question 2 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 condemned	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Ixion	cop
5	Ixion	Ixion	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grounds	appos
6	condemned	condemn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	9 bound	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 bound	aux:pass
9	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 condemned	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	15 wheel	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 wheel	det
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 revolving	advmod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 ever	punct
14	revolving	revolve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 wheel	amod
15	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bound	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Ixion			tree rules
2	condemn	past	grounds				vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	bind	to-infinitive · passive	grounds not said here			to a revolving wheel	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: to wheel=Co-Patient
4	revolve	gerund			ever		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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

Presumptuous courtship of the queen Hera

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presumptuous	presumptuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 courtship	amod
2	courtship	courtship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 queen	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queen	det
5	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 courtship	nmod
6	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 queen	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Treacherous plotting against Olympus and Zeus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Treacherous	Treacherous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 plotting	nsubj
2	plotting	plot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	4 Olympus	case
4	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 plotting	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Zeus	cc
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Olympus	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plot	gerund	Treacherous					against Olympus and Zeus	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera, whom he even tried to seduce by force

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presumptuous	presumptuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pursuit	amod
2	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tried	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 favour	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 favour	det
5	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pursuit	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Hera	case
7	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 favour	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tried	punct
9	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 tried	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 tried	nsubj
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 tried	advmod
12	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 seduce	mark
14	seduce	seduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 tried	xcomp
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 force	case
16	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seduce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera			tree rules
2	seduce not said to happen	to-infinitive	Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera not said here		by force	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	pursue			the favour of Hera		nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient
4	favour			Hera		nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presumptuous	presumptuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pursuit	amod
2	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 favour	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 favour	det
5	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pursuit	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Hera	case
7	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 favour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue			the favour of Hera					nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient
2	favour			Hera					nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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