Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, an…

What was the consequence of the Centaurs' discovery of the wine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Centaurs · What happens: be, discover · To what, where: consequence, wine

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 discovery	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Centaurs	det
7	Centaurs	centaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 discovery	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 Centaurs	case
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 wine	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wine	det
12	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovery	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				of the Centaurs's discovery of the wine	tree rules
2	discover		the Centaurs	the wine					nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent 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

they gathered armed and drunk around the cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gathered	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 drunk	cc
5	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 armed	conj
6	around	around	ADP	_	8 cave	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cave	det
8	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	they			the cave		armed property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

they attacked Pholus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attacked	nsubj
2	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Pholus	Pholus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 attacked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	past	they	Pholus					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pholus=Patient

Option 3

they fled to the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 hills	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hills	det
5	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	they			the hills			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hill=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

they gathered armed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gathered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	they					armed property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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