Exam question 3 · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

To what extent did the sphere of action of the Furies extend beyond the realm of shades?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: extent, sphere, Furies · What happens: do, extend, act · To what, where: realm

This is exam question 3 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sphere	det
6	sphere	sphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 extend	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 action	case
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sphere	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Furies	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Furies	det
11	Furies	fury	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 action	nmod
12	extend	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
13	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	15 realm	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 realm	det
15	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 extend	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 shades	case
17	shades	shade	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 realm	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	do	past	extent		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	extend	present	the sphere of action of the Furies	the realm of shades	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond realm=Location
3	act		the Furies		nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

They hunted murderers on earth and in the sea, and even among the gods of Olympus themselves

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hunted	nsubj
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	murderers	murderer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunted	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 earth	case
5	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sea	cc
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 earth	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gods	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gods	cc
12	even	even	ADV	_	15 gods	advmod
13	among	among	ADP	_	15 gods	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gods	det
15	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunted	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Olympus	case
17	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 gods	nmod
18	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 hunted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past	They	murderers		earth and the sea		among the gods of Olympus; gods = god obl	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent murderer=Theme on earth=Location

Option 2

They hunted the guilty across the earth's surface

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hunted	nsubj
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guilty	det
4	guilty	guilty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunted	obj
5	across	across	ADP	_	9 surface	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 earth	det
7	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surface	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 earth	case
9	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past	They	the guilty		the earth's surface			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guilty=Theme

Option 3

They pursued and punished murderers upon the earth, and also drove the wicked mad inside the underworld's gates

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pursued	nsubj
2	pursued	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 punished	cc
4	punished	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pursued	conj
5	murderers	murderer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 punished	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 earth	det
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 drove	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drove	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	12 drove	advmod
12	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pursued	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wicked	det
14	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 mad	advmod
15	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 drove	xcomp
16	inside	inside	ADP	_	20 gates	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 underworld	det
18	underworld	underworld	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 gates	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 underworld	case
20	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pursue	past	They				vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	punish	past	They not said here	murderers		upon the earth	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murderer=Patient
3	drive	past	They not said here		the underworld's gates	mad property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

They pursued and punished murderers upon the earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pursued	nsubj
2	pursued	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 punished	cc
4	punished	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pursued	conj
5	murderers	murderer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 punished	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 earth	det
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue	past	They						vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	punish	past	They not said here	murderers				upon the earth	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murderer=Patient

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