Exam question 4 · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,…

Which attribute of Tyche was symbolised by the infant Plutus held in her arms at Thebes?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: infant Plutus · What happens: symbolis, hold · To what, where: attribute, arms

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 attribute	det
2	attribute	attribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 symbolised	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Tyche	case
4	Tyche	Tyche	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 attribute	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 symbolised	aux:pass
6	symbolised	symbolis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 held	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Plutus	det
9	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Plutus	amod
10	Plutus	Plutus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 held	nsubj
11	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 symbolised	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 arms	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 arms	nmod:poss
14	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 held	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 Thebes	case
16	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 held	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 symbolised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	symbolis	past · passive		which attribute of Tyche					tree rules
2	hold	past	the infant Plutus			Plutus's arms		at Thebes	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arm=Location

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

power over riches, prosperity and the fortunes of cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	3 riches	case
3	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 power	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 prosperity	punct
5	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 power	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fortunes	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fortunes	det
8	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 power	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 cities	case
10	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fortunes	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

power over riches and prosperity, shown with a child in arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shown	nsubj:pass
2	over	over	ADP	_	3 riches	case
3	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 power	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 prosperity	cc
5	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 riches	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shown	punct
7	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shown	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 arms	case
12	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	participle · passive		power over riches and prosperity				with a child; in arms	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in arm=Topic

Option 3

control of the harvest and crops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 harvest	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 harvest	det
4	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 control	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 crops	cc
6	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harvest	conj

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

power over riches and prosperity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	3 riches	case
3	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 power	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 prosperity	cc
5	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 power	conj

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

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