Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a s…

Which of the following correctly states the reason the dove expired after drinking from the libation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, state, expire, drink · To what, where: reason, dove, libation

This is exam question 3 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dove	det
10	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	obj
11	expired	expire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 dove	acl
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 drinking	mark
13	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 expired	advcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 libation	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 libation	det
16	libation	libation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drinking	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the reason		correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	expire	participle	the dove not said here			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	drink	gerund		the libation		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from libation=Source

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 wine was meant for the old servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wine	det
2	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meant	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 meant	aux:pass
4	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 servant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 servant	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 servant	amod
8	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past · passive		the wine				for the old servant	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for servant=Attribute

Option 2

It had been poisoned by the wine intended for Ion, which the servant had mixed at the altar

The tree, 18 words

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	4 poisoned	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poisoned	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 poisoned	aux:pass
4	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 wine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wine	det
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poisoned	obl
8	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wine	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 Ion	case
10	Ion	Ion	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 intended	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mixed	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 mixed	nsubj:pass
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 servant	det
14	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mixed	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 mixed	aux
16	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wine	acl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 altar	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 altar	det
19	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	poison	past · perfect · passive	It		by the wine	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	intend	participle	the wine not said here		for Ion	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	mix	past · perfect · passive	the wine	the altar		vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

It had been poisoned by the wine intended for Ion when the servant secretly mixed it in the cup

The tree, 19 words

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	4 poisoned	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poisoned	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 poisoned	aux:pass
4	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 wine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wine	det
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poisoned	obl
8	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wine	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 Ion	case
10	Ion	Ion	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 intended	obl
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 mixed	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 servant	det
13	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mixed	nsubj
14	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	15 mixed	advmod
15	mixed	mix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poisoned	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 mixed	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 cup	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cup	det
19	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	poison	past · perfect · passive		It		by the wine	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	intend	participle		the wine not said here		for Ion	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	mix	past	the servant	wine	the cup	secretly property	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It had been poisoned by the wine intended for Ion

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	4 poisoned	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poisoned	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 poisoned	aux:pass
4	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 wine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wine	det
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poisoned	obl
8	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wine	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 Ion	case
10	Ion	Ion	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 intended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	past · perfect · passive		It				by the wine	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	intend	participle		the wine not said here				for Ion	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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