Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Eros and Psyche: Psyche opens the box and Ero…

What was the final outcome of the union between Psyche and Eros?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: final outcome

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Int	5 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outcome	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 outcome	amod
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 union	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 union	det
8	union	union	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	nmod
9	between	between	ADP	_	10 Psyche	case
10	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 union	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Eros	cc
12	Eros	Eros	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Psyche	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the final outcome				of the union between Psyche and Eros	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

They were reunited and Psyche was admitted among the immortals

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	3 reunited	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reunited	aux:pass
3	reunited	reunite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 admitted	cc
5	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 admitted	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 admitted	aux:pass
7	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reunited	conj
8	among	among	ADP	_	10 immortals	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 immortals	det
10	immortals	immortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 admitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reunite	past · passive		They					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent
2	admit speech: other	past · passive		Psyche		the immortals			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme among immortal=Location

Option 2

They lived apart in separate realms ever after

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 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	apart	apart	ADV	_	2 lived	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 realms	case
5	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 realms	amod
6	realms	realm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lived	obl
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 after	advmod
8	after	after	ADV	_	2 lived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	They			separate realms		after, apart property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in realm=Location

Option 3

They were parted forever

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	3 parted	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 parted	aux:pass
3	parted	part	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 parted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	part	past · passive		They				forever property	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Eros left and Psyche died of grief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eros	Eros	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 died	cc
4	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 died	nsubj
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 left	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 grief	case
7	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	Eros						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	die	past	Psyche					of grief	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of grief=Causer

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