Exam question 1 · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

Which hero, having been bribed with the necklace of Harmonia, compelled Amphiaraus to join the expedition against Thebes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hero · What happens: bribe, compel, join · To what, where: hero, Amphiaraus, expedition

This is exam question 1 of lesson 550 «Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part 56: the Argives fight for Thebes and the heroes die» 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 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 compelled	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bribed	punct
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 bribed	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 bribed	aux:pass
6	bribed	bribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hero	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 necklace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 necklace	det
9	necklace	necklace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bribed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Harmonia	case
11	Harmonia	Harmonia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 necklace	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 compelled	punct
13	compelled	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	Amphiaraus	Amphiaraus	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 compelled	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 join	mark
16	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 compelled	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 expedition	det
18	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 join	obj
19	against	against	ADP	_	20 Thebes	case
20	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 join	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 compelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bribe	gerund · perfect · passive		which hero not said here	with the necklace of Harmonia	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»
2	compel	past	which hero	Amphiaraus		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent amphiaraus=Patient clause=Result
3	join	to-infinitive	which hero not said here	the expedition	against Thebes	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Eriphyle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eriphyle	Eriphyle	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

Adrastus' daughter Deipyle the Argive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adrastus	Adrastus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 daughter	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Adrastus	case
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Deipyle	nmod:desc
4	Deipyle	Deipyle	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Argive	det
6	Argive	Argive	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Deipyle	appos

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

Option 3

Hermione

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hermione	Hermione	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

Antiope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Antiope	Antiope	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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