Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Eros and Psyche: Psyche opens the box and Ero…

What action of Psyche caused Eros to depart from her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Eros, Psyche · What happens: cause, depart, act · To what, where: Eros

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Psyche	case
4	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
5	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Eros	Eros	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 caused	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 depart	mark
8	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 caused	xcomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 depart	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	what action of Psyche	Eros		tree rules
2	depart	to-infinitive	Eros not said here		from action	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from she=Initial_Location
3	act		Psyche			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 · ✓ the right answer

She let fall burning oil upon his shoulder

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 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
4	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 oil	amod
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 shoulder	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shoulder	nmod:poss
8	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	past	She			tree rules
2	fall	infinitive	She not said here	burning oil	upon his shoulder	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient oil=Result
3	burn	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She touched his golden hair with a flame

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 touched	nsubj
2	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hair	nmod:poss
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hair	amod
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touched	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 flame	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 flame	det
8	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	past	She	his golden hair				with a flame	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hair=Experiencer with flame=Instrument

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She broke her promise by bringing her sisters into the room to see him, and then a drop of burning oil fell on his shoulder

The tree, 25 words

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 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	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 promise	nmod:poss
4	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 bringing	mark
6	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 broke	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sisters	nmod:poss
8	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bringing	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 room	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 room	det
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bringing	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bringing	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 fell	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 fell	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 fell	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 drop	det
19	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 fell	nsubj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 oil	case
21	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 oil	amod
22	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 drop	nmod
23	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 broke	conj
24	on	on	ADP	_	26 shoulder	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 shoulder	nmod:poss
26	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	break	past	She	her promise			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient
2	bring	gerund	She not said here	her sisters	the room		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sister=Theme into room=Destination
3	see	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
4	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	fall	past	a drop of burning oil		drop's shoulder	then	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location
6	promise		her = she				nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She lit the lamp and held it over him, and a drop of burning oil fell onto his shoulder as he slept

The tree, 22 words

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 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lamp	det
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 held	cc
6	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lit	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 held	obj
8	over	over	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 held	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fell	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fell	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 drop	det
13	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fell	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 oil	case
15	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 oil	amod
16	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drop	nmod
17	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lit	conj
18	onto	onto	ADP	_	20 shoulder	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 shoulder	nmod:poss
20	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fell	obl
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	23 slept	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 slept	nsubj
23	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 fell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	light	past	She	the lamp			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Product
2	hold	past	She not said here	lamp		over him = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme over he=Location
3	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fall	past	a drop of burning oil		drop's shoulder		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme onto shoulder=Initial_Location
5	sleep	past	drop				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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