Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

Which event directly caused Aegeus to end his own life at Athens?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: event, Aegeus · What happens: cause, end · To what, where: Aegeus, own life, Athens

This is exam question 1 of lesson 548 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses his throne and goes into exile» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 event	det
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	nsubj
3	directly	directly	ADV	_	4 caused	advmod
4	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 end	mark
7	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 caused	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 life	amod
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Athens	case
12	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 end	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	which event	Aegeus				directly property	tree rules
2	end	to-infinitive	Aegeus not said here	event's own life		Athens			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality

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 sight of the black sails upon Theseus's returning ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sight	det
2	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sails	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sails	det
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sails	amod
6	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sight	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 ship	case
8	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 ship	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Theseus	case
10	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 ship	amod
11	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sails	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sight			the black sails upon Theseus's returning ship					nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The failure of Theseus to change the black sails upon his return from Crete and the sea's rising waves

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 failure	det
2	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Theseus	case
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 failure	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 change	mark
6	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 failure	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sails	det
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sails	amod
9	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 change	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 return	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 return	nmod:poss
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 change	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 Crete	case
14	Crete	Crete	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 return	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 waves	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 waves	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 sea	case
19	rising	rising	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 waves	compound
20	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 return	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive		the black sails		upon Theseus's return from Crete and the sea's rising waves	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Patient
2	fail		Theseus				nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	return		Theseus		Crete		nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place
4	wave		the sea				nom wave «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The failure of Theseus to change the black sails upon his return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 failure	det
2	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Theseus	case
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 failure	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 change	mark
6	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 failure	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sails	det
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sails	amod
9	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 change	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 return	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 return	nmod:poss
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive		the black sails	upon Theseus's return	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Patient
2	fail		Theseus			nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	return		Theseus			nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The report that Theseus had been killed by the Minotaur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 killed	mark
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 killed	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 killed	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 killed	aux:pass
7	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 report	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 Minotaur	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Minotaur	det
10	Minotaur	Minotaur	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · perfect · passive	the Minotaur	Theseus					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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