Exam question 3 · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,…

What did the Sphinx do after the correct solution of her riddle was given?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: her · What happens: give, riddle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 524 «Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche, part 30: Medusa's curse, Perseus, the Sphinx's riddle and Fortune's wheel» 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	14 given	nsubj:pass
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 given	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sphinx	det
4	Sphinx	Sphinx	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 given	nsubj:pass
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 given	aux
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 solution	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 solution	det
8	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 solution	amod
9	solution	solution	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 given	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 riddle	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 riddle	nmod:poss
12	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 given	obl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 given	aux:pass
14	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive · do-support					after the correct solution	of her riddle	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	riddle		her = she						nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

she threw herself from the cliff top

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 threw	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 top	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 top	det
6	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 top	compound
7	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	she	herself = she		the cliff top			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent herself=Theme from top=Initial_Location

Option 2

she precipitated herself from the rock and was dashed to pieces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 precipitated	nsubj
2	precipitated	precipitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 precipitated	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precipitated	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dashed	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dashed	aux:pass
9	dashed	dash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 precipitated	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 pieces	case
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 dashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precipitate	past	she	herself = she		the rock			tree rules
2	dash	past · passive	she not said here			pieces			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: to piece=Destination

Option 3

she precipitated herself from the rock into the abyss below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 precipitated	nsubj
2	precipitated	precipitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 precipitated	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precipitated	obl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 abyss	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 abyss	det
9	abyss	abyss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precipitated	obl
10	below	below	ADV	_	9 abyss	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precipitate	past	she	herself = she		the rock		into the abyss	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she precipitated herself from the rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 precipitated	nsubj
2	precipitated	precipitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 precipitated	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precipitated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precipitate	past	she	herself = she		the rock			tree rules

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