Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the…

By what appellation was the infant Oedipus designated, in consequence of his swollen feet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: infant Oedipus · What happens: be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 549 «Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the sons quarrel over Thebes» 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=Int	8 designated	obj
3	appellation	appellation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 designated	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Oedipus	det
6	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Oedipus	amod
7	Oedipus	Oedipus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 designated	nsubj
8	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 consequence	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 consequence	case
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 designated	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 feet	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 feet	nmod:poss
14	swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 feet	amod
15	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 consequence	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 designated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the infant Oedipus					designate property	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 · ← Mova's choice

Oedipus, meaning Know-the-Riddle, from his birth in Thebes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oedipus	oedipus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 meaning	punct
3	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Oedipus	acl
4	Know	Know	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	obj
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Riddle	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Riddle	det
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 the	punct
8	Riddle	Riddle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Know	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 birth	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 birth	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 birth	nmod:poss
12	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Oedipus	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Thebes	case
14	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 birth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	gerund	Oedipus and his birth in Thebes not said here	Know and the Riddle					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent know=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Oedipus, or Swollen-foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oedipus	oedipus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 foot	punct
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 foot	cc
4	Swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 foot	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Swollen	punct
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Oedipus	appos

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

Option 3

Oedipus, or Swollen-foot, the name given by the shepherd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oedipus	oedipus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 foot	punct
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 foot	cc
4	Swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 foot	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Swollen	punct
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Oedipus	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 name	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 name	det
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Oedipus	conj
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 name	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 shepherd	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shepherd	det
13	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the name not said here				by the shepherd	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Oedipus, or Lame-foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oedipus	oedipus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 foot	punct
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 foot	cc
4	Lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 foot	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Lame	punct
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Oedipus	appos

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

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