Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned ro…

State the condition that Oenomaus imposed upon all suitors for the hand of Hippodamia.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Oenomaus · What happens: state, impose · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 imposed	mark
5	Oenomaus	Oenomaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 imposed	nsubj
6	imposed	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condition	acl:relcl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 suitors	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 suitors	det
9	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 imposed	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 hand	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hand	det
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imposed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Hippodamia	case
14	Hippodamia	hippodamia	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hand	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	impose	past	Oenomaus	the condition not said here				upon all suitors; for the hand of Hippodamia	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme

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 right answer

Victory in a chariot race from Pisa to Corinth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 race	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 race	det
4	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 race	compound
5	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Victory	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Pisa	case
7	Pisa	Pisa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 race	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Corinth	case
9	Corinth	Corinth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Pisa	nmod

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

Option 2

Defeat him in a race to Elis

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Defeat	defeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Defeat	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 race	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 race	det
5	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Defeat	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Elis	case
7	Elis	Elis	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 race	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	imperative	you not said here	him = he		a race to Elis			tree rules

Option 3

Winning a great race to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 race	det
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 race	amod
4	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Winning	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Winning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	gerund		a great race				to the sea	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

Option 4

Beating him in a footrace at Olympia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beating	beat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Beating	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 footrace	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 footrace	det
5	footrace	footrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Beating	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 Olympia	case
7	Olympia	Olympia	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Beating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	gerund		him = he				at Olympia; in a footrace	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient in footrace=Topic

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