Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Eros and Psyche: Psyche opens the box and Ero…

By what means did Zephyrus convey Psyche to the palace of Eros?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zephyrus · What happens: mean, convey · To what, where: Psyche, palace

This is exam question 2 of lesson 525 «Greek Myths, Eros and Psyche: Psyche opens the box and Eros forgives her» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 convey	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 convey	aux
5	Zephyrus	Zephyrus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 convey	nsubj
6	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	Psyche	psyche	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 convey	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 palace	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 palace	det
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 convey	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Eros	case
12	Eros	Eros	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 palace	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 convey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	convey	past · do-support	Zephyrus	Psyche	the palace of Eros				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent psyche=Topic to palace=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

He bore her aloft upon the breeze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bore	nsubj
2	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 aloft	nmod:poss
4	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bore	xcomp
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 breeze	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 breeze	det
7	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past	He					upon the breeze; aloft property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He drew her along upon the waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	iobj
4	along	along	ADV	_	2 drew	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 waves	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 waves	det
7	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	He		her = she			upon the waves; along property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He bore her aloft upon the breeze across the sea and set her down gently on a bed of soft flowers in a garden

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bore	nsubj
2	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 aloft	nmod:poss
4	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bore	xcomp
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 breeze	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 breeze	det
7	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bore	obl
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bore	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 set	cc
12	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bore	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 set	obj
14	down	down	ADP	_	12 set	compound:prt
15	gently	gently	ADV	_	12 set	advmod
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 bed	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bed	det
18	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 set	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 flowers	case
20	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 flowers	amod
21	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 bed	nmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 garden	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 garden	det
24	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past	He			the sea		upon the breeze; aloft property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	set down	past	He not said here	her = she		a bed of soft flowers		in a garden; gently property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme on bed=Destination

Option 4

He sent a golden carriage drawn by swans that flew her high above the mountains until she reached the palace gate

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 carriage	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 carriage	amod
5	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
6	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 carriage	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 swans	case
8	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drawn	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 flew	nsubj
10	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 swans	acl:relcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 flew	obj
12	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 flew	advmod
13	above	above	ADP	_	15 mountains	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mountains	det
15	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flew	obl
16	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 reached	mark
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 reached	nsubj
18	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gate	det
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 gate	compound
21	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	a golden carriage			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme
2	draw	participle		a golden carriage not said here		by swans	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fly	past	swans	her = she	the mountains	high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme above mountain=Location
4	reach	past	she	the palace gate			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme

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