Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is bor…

Which of the following best describes the principal function of the Satyrs in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: principal function, passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 529 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is born strange, wins the gods' love, makes his pipe, and guards the shepherds» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 function	det
8	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 function	amod
9	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Satyrs	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Satyrs	det
12	Satyrs	Satyr	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 function	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 function	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the principal function of the Satyrs		the passage		of the best	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

They were the spirits of the wild and the flocks

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	4 spirits	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spirits	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spirits	det
4	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 wild	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wild	det
7	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spirits	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 flocks	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flocks	det
10	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spirits	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	the spirits and the flocks				of the wild	tree rules

Option 2

They ruled over the sea and rivers

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 ruled	nsubj
2	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ruled	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rivers	cc
7	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	They			the sea and rivers			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They served as messengers between gods and men

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 served	nsubj
2	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 messengers	case
4	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 served	obl
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 gods	case
6	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 messengers	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 men	cc
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 messengers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	They					as messengers between gods and men	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as messenger=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They personified the free, wild life of the forest

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 personified	nsubj
2	personified	personify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 life	det
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 free	punct
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 personified	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 forest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 forest	det
10	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 life	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	personify	past	They	the free wild life of the forest					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/529-pg22381-part35/e4/