Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, an…

Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Minyan attack on Thebes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 1 of lesson 542 «Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, and the first labours» 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	8 cause	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 cause	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 cause	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cause	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cause	amod
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 attack	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 attack	det
11	Minyan	Minyan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 attack	compound
12	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 Thebes	case
14	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 attack	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past						of the immediate cause; of the Minyan attack on Thebes	tree rules

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 refusal to pay the tribute of oxen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tribute	det
6	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 oxen	case
8	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tribute	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	to-infinitive		the tribute of oxen					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribute=Asset

Option 2

the king's refusal of tribute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refusal	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 tribute	case
6	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refusal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse		the king	tribute					nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

Heracles' attack on the Minyan royal house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 attack	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Heracles	case
3	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
6	Minyan	Minyan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 house	compound
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 house	amod
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack		Heracles			the Minyan royal house			nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent on=place

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the mutilation of the heralds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mutilation	det
2	mutilation	mutilation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 heralds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heralds	det
5	heralds	herald	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mutilation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutilate			the heralds					nom mutilation «event transitive»: of=patient

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