Exam question 3 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part…
Identify the person who assisted in the construction of the Argo.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: identify, assist, construct · To what, where: person, construction, Argo
This is exam question 3 of lesson 537 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason crosses a river, meets his uncle, and sails to Lemnos» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 assisted | nsubj |
| 5 | assisted | assist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 person | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 construction | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 construction | det |
| 8 | construction | construction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 assisted | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Argo | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Argo | det |
| 11 | Argo | Argo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 construction | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the person | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme | ||||
| 2 | assist | past | the person | the construction of the Argo | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | construct | the Argo | nom construction «act 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
Argos, a skilled ship-builder from Thessaly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argos | argo | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 builder | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 builder | det |
| 4 | skilled | skilled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 builder | amod |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 builder | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 ship | punct |
| 7 | builder | builder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Argos | appos |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Thessaly | case |
| 9 | Thessaly | Thessaly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 builder | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Argos, a skilled ship-builder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argos | argo | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 builder | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 builder | det |
| 4 | skilled | skilled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 builder | amod |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 builder | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 ship | punct |
| 7 | builder | builder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Argos | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Argos, the famous helmsman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argos | argo | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 helmsman | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 helmsman | det |
| 4 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 helmsman | amod |
| 5 | helmsman | helmsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Argos | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Argos, a skilled ship-builder who worked for Athene
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argos | argo | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 builder | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 builder | det |
| 4 | skilled | skilled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 builder | amod |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 builder | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 ship | punct |
| 7 | builder | builder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Argos | appos |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 worked | nsubj |
| 9 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 builder | acl:relcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 Athene | case |
| 11 | Athene | Athene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 worked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | a skilled ship builder | for Athene | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for athene=Beneficiary |
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