Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

Upon what grounds did Poseidon destroy the innocent Hippolytus at Troezen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: grounds · What happens: destroy · To what, where: innocent Hippolytus, Troezen

This is exam question 3 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 destroy	obj
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 destroy	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 destroy	aux
5	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 destroy	nsubj
6	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Hippolytus	det
8	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Hippolytus	amod
9	Hippolytus	Hippolytus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 destroy	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Troezen	case
11	Troezen	Troezen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Hippolytus	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 destroy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	past · do-support	grounds	the innocent Hippolytus		Troezen			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

Upon the sworn accusation of Phaedra, who had named him falsely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 accusation	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 accusation	det
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accusation	amod
4	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Phaedra	case
6	Phaedra	Phaedra	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 accusation	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 named	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 named	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 named	aux
10	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accusation	acl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 named	obj
12	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	10 named	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swear	participle			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	name	past · perfect · passive	the sworn accusation of Phaedra	falsely property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme he=Attribute
3	accuse		Phaedra		nom accusation «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Upon the solemn malediction of Theseus, who had demanded it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 malediction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 malediction	det
3	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 malediction	amod
4	malediction	malediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Theseus	case
6	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 malediction	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 demanded	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 demanded	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 demanded	aux
10	demanded	demand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 Theseus	acl:relcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 demanded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past · perfect	Theseus	malediction					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition
2	maledict			Theseus					nom malediction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Upon the solemn malediction of Theseus, who had demanded it at the altar of Poseidon in the presence of the court

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 malediction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 malediction	det
3	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 malediction	amod
4	malediction	malediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Theseus	case
6	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 malediction	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 demanded	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 demanded	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 demanded	aux
10	demanded	demand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 malediction	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 demanded	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 altar	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 altar	det
14	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 demanded	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Poseidon	case
16	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 altar	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 presence	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 presence	det
19	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 demanded	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 court	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 court	det
22	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past · perfect	the solemn malediction of Theseus	malediction		the altar of Poseidon		in the presence of the court	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition
2	maledict			Theseus					nom malediction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Upon the solemn malediction of Theseus, who had demanded it in anger after hearing Phaedra's false tale

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 malediction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 malediction	det
3	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 malediction	amod
4	malediction	malediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Theseus	case
6	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 malediction	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 demanded	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 demanded	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 demanded	aux
10	demanded	demand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 malediction	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 demanded	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 anger	case
13	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 demanded	obl
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 hearing	mark
15	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 demanded	advcl
16	Phaedra	Phaedra	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 tale	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Phaedra	case
18	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 tale	amod
19	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past · perfect	the solemn malediction of Theseus	malediction	anger	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition
2	hear	gerund	the solemn malediction of Theseus not said here	Phaedra's false tale		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus
3	maledict			Theseus		nom malediction «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	tell		Phaedra			nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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