Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a s…
Which of the following correctly identifies the parentage of Ion, as described in the passage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, describe, parent · To what, where: parentage, passage, Ion
This is exam question 1 of lesson 536 «Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a son found again» 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 identifies | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 identifies | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 identifies | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 identifies | csubj |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 4 following | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parentage | det |
| 8 | parentage | parentage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Ion | case |
| 10 | Ion | Ion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 parentage | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 described | punct |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 described | mark |
| 13 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 identifies | parataxis |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 passage | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 passage | det |
| 16 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 described | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 identifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | correctly property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | identify | present | the parentage of Ion | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent parentage=Theme | |||||
| 3 | describe | participle | the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | parent | Ion | nom parentage «state 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 · ← Mova's choice
Son of Creusa and the god Hermes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 Creusa | case |
| 3 | Creusa | Creusa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Son | nmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 god | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 god | det |
| 6 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Son | conj |
| 7 | Hermes | Hermes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Son | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The son of Creusa and the sun-god Phoebus-Apollo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 son | det |
| 2 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Creusa | case |
| 4 | Creusa | Creusa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 son | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Phoebus | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Phoebus | det |
| 7 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 god | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 sun | punct |
| 9 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Phoebus | compound |
| 10 | Phoebus | phoebus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 son | conj |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Apollo | punct |
| 12 | Apollo | Apollo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Phoebus | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The son of Xuthus and Creusa
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 son | det |
| 2 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Xuthus | case |
| 4 | Xuthus | Xuthus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 son | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Creusa | cc |
| 6 | Creusa | Creusa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Xuthus | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Son of Xuthus and the sun-god Phoebus-Apollo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 Xuthus | case |
| 3 | Xuthus | Xuthus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Son | nmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 Phoebus | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Phoebus | det |
| 6 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 god | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 sun | punct |
| 8 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Phoebus | compound |
| 9 | Phoebus | phoebus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Son | conj |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 Apollo | punct |
| 11 | Apollo | Apollo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Son | list |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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