Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the…

What penalty did Eteocles impose upon his brother Polynices?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Eteocles · What happens: impose

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 impose	obl
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 impose	aux
4	Eteocles	Eteocles	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 impose	nsubj
5	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 Polynices	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 Polynices	nmod:poss
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Polynices	compound
9	Polynices	polynice	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 impose	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · do-support	Eteocles					upon Eteocles's brother Polynices	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

removal from the royal court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 court	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 court	det
4	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 court	amod
5	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 removal	nmod

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

Option 2

a fine paid in silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fine	det
2	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fine	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 silver	case
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle		a fine not said here		silver			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

a sentence of lifelong exile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 exile	case
4	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 exile	amod
5	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sentence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sentence			lifelong exile					nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

expulsion from the throne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	expulsion	expulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 throne	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 throne	det
4	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 expulsion	nmod

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

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