Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

Explain the traditional significance of the two faces of Janus as recorded in the text.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, record · To what, where: traditional significance, text

This is exam question 4 of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 significance	det
3	traditional	traditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 significance	amod
4	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 faces	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 faces	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 faces	nummod
8	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 significance	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Janus	case
10	Janus	Janus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 faces	nmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 recorded	mark
12	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Explain	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 text	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 text	det
15	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recorded	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the traditional significance of the two faces of Janus					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	record	participle	you not said here			the text			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination

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

past and future looking in opposite directions, representing the beginning and end of every journey through the year

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looking	compound
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 future	cc
3	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 past	conj
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 directions	case
6	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 directions	amod
7	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looking	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 representing	punct
9	representing	represent	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 looking	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 beginning	det
11	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 representing	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 end	cc
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 beginning	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 journey	case
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 journey	det
16	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 end	nmod
17	through	through	ADP	_	19 year	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 year	det
19	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 representing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						in opposite directions	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in direction=Theme
2	represent	gerund		the beginning and end of every journey			year		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beginning=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

past and future looking in opposite directions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looking	compound
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 future	cc
3	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 past	conj
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 directions	case
6	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 directions	amod
7	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						in opposite directions	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in direction=Theme

Option 3

the god of gates, facing east and west

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 god	det
2	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gates	case
4	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 god	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 facing	punct
6	facing	face	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 god	conj
7	east	east	ADV	_	6 facing	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 west	cc
9	west	west	ADV	_	7 east	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	gerund						east property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

watching both sides of the year at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sides	det
3	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 watching	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 year	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sides	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 watching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund		both sides of the year					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

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