Exam question 3 · Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Perseus turns foes to s…

What was the fate of the sea monster that threatened Andromeda?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fate, sea monster · What happens: be, threaten, fate · To what, where: Andromeda, sea monster

This is exam question 3 of lesson 535 «Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Perseus turns foes to stone and wins Andromeda» 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	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fate	det
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 monster	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monster	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 monster	compound
8	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fate	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 threatened	nsubj
10	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 monster	acl:relcl
11	Andromeda	Andromeda	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 threatened	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	the fate of the sea monster		tree rules
2	threaten	past	the sea monster	Andromeda	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus andromeda=Experiencer
3	fate			the sea monster	nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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

it fled into the deep sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sea	amod
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	it			the deep sea			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into sea=Initial_Location

Option 2

it drowned in the waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 waves	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 waves	det
5	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	it			the waves			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

it sank in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sank	nsubj
2	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	it			the sea			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it was transformed into a black rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 transformed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 rock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rock	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rock	amod
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		it				into a black rock result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into rock=Result

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