Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

What was the ultimate fate of Pirithoeus after his attempted abduction of Persephone?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ultimate fate, Pirithoeus · What happens: be, attempt, fate, abduct · To what, where: Pirithoeus, Persephone

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Pirithoeus	case
7	Pirithoeus	Pirithoeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 abduction	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 abduction	nmod:poss
10	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 abduction	amod
11	abduction	abduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Persephone	case
13	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 abduction	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	past	the ultimate fate of Pirithoeus after Pirithoeus's attempted abduction of Persephone			tree rules
2	attempt	participle				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	fate			Pirithoeus	after Pirithoeus's attempted abduction of Persephone	nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient after=obl
4	abduct		Pirithoeus	Persephone		nom abduction «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 · ✓ the right answer

He remained bound to the enchanted rock for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bound	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bound	aux:pass
3	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rock	det
6	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rock	amod
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bound	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ever	case
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	past · passive		He				to the enchanted rock	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to rock=Co-Patient
2	enchant	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was eventually released by Heracles after many years, but his body was left upon the rock forever

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 released	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 released	aux:pass
3	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	4 released	advmod
4	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Heracles	case
6	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 released	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 released	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 left	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 left	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 body	nmod:poss
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 left	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 left	aux:pass
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 released	conj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 rock	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rock	det
18	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 left	obl
19	forever	forever	ADV	_	15 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past · passive	Heracles	He			year	eventually property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source
2	leave	past · passive		Heracles's body		the rock		forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme upon rock=Location

Option 3

He remained bound to the enchanted rock for ever, while Theseus was rescued by Heracles in the end

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bound	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bound	aux:pass
3	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rock	det
6	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rock	amod
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bound	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ever	case
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 bound	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rescued	punct
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 rescued	mark
12	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 rescued	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 rescued	aux:pass
14	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bound	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 Heracles	case
16	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 rescued	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 end	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 end	det
19	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rescued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	bind	past · passive		He		to the enchanted rock	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to rock=Co-Patient
2	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	rescue	past · passive	Heracles	Theseus	in the end		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

He was cast into the river Styx for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cast	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cast	aux:pass
3	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
7	Styx	Styx	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 river	appos
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ever	case
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past · passive		He		the river			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material into river=Product for ever=Beneficiary

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