Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 60: Odysseus frames Pala…
In which manner did Odysseus contrive the false incrimination of Palamedes, and what was the ensuing sentence?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Odysseus · What happens: contrive, ensue, be, incriminate · To what, where: false incrimination, manner, ensuing sentence, Palamedes
This is exam question 1 of lesson 554 «Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 60: Odysseus frames Palamedes, Achilles sulks, Patroclus dies, Achilles chases Hector» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 contrive | obl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 contrive | aux |
| 5 | Odysseus | Odysseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 contrive | nsubj |
| 6 | contrive | contrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 incrimination | det |
| 8 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 incrimination | amod |
| 9 | incrimination | incrimination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 contrive | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Palamedes | case |
| 11 | Palamedes | Palamedes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 incrimination | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sentence | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 sentence | cc |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 sentence | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sentence | cop |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 sentence | det |
| 17 | ensuing | ensue | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 sentence | amod |
| 18 | sentence | sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 contrive | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 contrive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contrive | past · do-support | Odysseus | the false incrimination of Palamedes | which manner | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incrimination=Result | |||
| 2 | ensue | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | the ensuing sentence | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | incriminate | Palamedes | nom incrimination «communication transitive»: 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
He hid money and forged a letter
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 | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 forged | cc |
| 5 | forged | forge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 letter | det |
| 7 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forged | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | He | money | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | ||||
| 2 | forge | past | He not said here | a letter | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Product |
Option 2
He planted gold and got him stoned
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 | 2 planted | nsubj |
| 2 | planted | plant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 planted | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 got | cc |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 planted | conj |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | obj |
| 7 | stoned | stone | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plant | past | He | gold | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get | past | He not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stone | participle | him = he not said here | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He concealed gold in the tent and forged a letter, and Palamedes was condemned to be exiled
The tree, 17 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 | 2 concealed | nsubj |
| 2 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concealed | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tent | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tent | det |
| 6 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concealed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 forged | cc |
| 8 | forged | forge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 concealed | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 letter | det |
| 10 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forged | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 condemned | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 condemned | cc |
| 13 | Palamedes | Palamedes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 condemned | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 condemned | aux:pass |
| 15 | condemned | condemn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 concealed | parataxis |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 exiled | mark |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 exiled | aux:pass |
| 18 | exiled | exile | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 condemned | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conceal | past | He | gold | the tent | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gold=Patient in tent=Location | |||
| 2 | forge | past | He not said here | a letter | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Product | ||||
| 3 | condemn | past · passive | Palamedes | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | exile | to-infinitive · passive | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP» |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He concealed money in the tent and forged a letter, and Palamedes was condemned to be stoned
The tree, 17 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 | 2 concealed | nsubj |
| 2 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concealed | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tent | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tent | det |
| 6 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concealed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 forged | cc |
| 8 | forged | forge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 concealed | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 letter | det |
| 10 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forged | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 condemned | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 condemned | cc |
| 13 | Palamedes | Palamedes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 condemned | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 condemned | aux:pass |
| 15 | condemned | condemn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 concealed | parataxis |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 stoned | mark |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 stoned | aux:pass |
| 18 | stoned | stone | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 condemned | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conceal | past | He | money | the tent | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent money=Patient in tent=Location | |||
| 2 | forge | past | He not said here | a letter | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Product | ||||
| 3 | condemn | past · passive | Palamedes | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | stone | to-infinitive · passive | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP» |
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