Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a s…

Which of the following accurately identifies the individual upon whom Ion initially directed his accusation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ion · What happens: follow, identify, direct, accuse · To what, where: individual, accusation

This is exam question 4 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	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	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 individual	det
8	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 whom	case
10	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 individual	nmod
11	Ion	Ion	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 directed	nsubj
12	initially	initially	ADV	_	13 directed	advmod
13	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 whom	acl:relcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 accusation	nmod:poss
15	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 directed	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the individual	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent individual=Theme
3	direct	past	Ion	Ion's accusation	initially property	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent accusation=Eventuality
4	accuse		Ion			nom accusation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The obsequious servant of Creusa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servant	det
2	obsequious	obsequious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 servant	amod
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Creusa	case
5	Creusa	Creusa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 servant	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The jealous wife of Xuthus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wife	det
2	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wife	amod
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Xuthus	case
5	Xuthus	Xuthus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wife	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The loyal priestess of Delphi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 priestess	det
2	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 priestess	amod
3	priestess	priestess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Delphi	case
5	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 priestess	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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