Exam question 3 · Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wo…

By what agency was the wound of Chiron rendered incurable, and what was the consequence for his continued existence?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: agency, Chiron · What happens: be, render, continue, exist · To what, where: wound, incurable, consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 543 «Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wounds Chiron, hunts the boar and tackles the stables and birds» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rendered	obl
3	agency	agency	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wound	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wound	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wound	det
6	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	acl:relcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Chiron	case
8	Chiron	Chiron	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wound	nmod
9	rendered	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	incurable	incurable	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rendered	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 consequence	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 consequence	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 consequence	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 consequence	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 consequence	det
16	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rendered	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 existence	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 existence	nmod:poss
19	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 existence	amod
20	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consequence	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 rendered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	agency	the wound	of Chiron	tree rules
2	render	past		incurable		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incurable=Theme
3	is a	past		the consequence	for Chiron's continued existence	tree rules
4	continue	participle				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	exist		Chiron			nom existence «state intransitive»: 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

the Hydra's venom; a long painful life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hydra	det
2	Hydra	Hydra	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 venom	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Hydra	case
4	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 life	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 life	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 life	amod
8	painful	painful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 life	amod
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 venom	conj

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

poison of the Hydra; death sent by the gods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 death	compound
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 Hydra	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Hydra	det
4	Hydra	Hydra	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 poison	nmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 poison	punct
6	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 death	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 gods	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gods	det
10	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	participle		poison death not said here				by the gods	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

a god's curse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 god	det
2	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 curse	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 god	case
4	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse		a god						nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

a centaur's curse; exile from Olympus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 centaur	det
2	centaur	centaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 curse	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 centaur	case
4	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 exile	punct
6	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 curse	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Olympus	case
8	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 exile	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse		a centaur						nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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