Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 60: Odysseus frames Pala…

What vow did Achilles make upon learning of the death of his friend, and what was the reason for it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Achilles, friend · What happens: make, be, die · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 make	obj
2	vow	vow	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
4	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 learning	case
7	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 death	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 death	det
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learning	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 friend	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 friend	nmod:poss
13	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 death	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 reason	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 reason	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 reason	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 reason	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reason	det
19	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	parataxis
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 reason	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present · do-support	Achilles		upon learning of the death of Achilles's friend	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Product
2	is a	past		the reason	for reason	tree rules
3	die		Achilles's friend			nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

He vowed that the funeral rites would await Hector's death and the capture of twelve Trojans, to avenge his friend

The tree, 21 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 vowed	nsubj
2	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 await	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rites	det
5	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rites	compound
6	rites	rite	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 await	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 await	aux
8	await	await	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 vowed	ccomp
9	Hector	Hector	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 death	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Hector	case
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 await	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 capture	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 capture	det
14	capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 death	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Trojans	case
16	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 Trojans	nummod
17	Trojans	Trojan	PROPN	Number=Plur	14 capture	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 avenge	punct
19	to	to	PART	_	20 avenge	mark
20	avenge	avenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 await	conj
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 friend	nmod:poss
22	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 avenge	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	vow	past	He		tree rules
2	await	would	the funeral rites	Hector's death and the capture of twelve Trojans	tree rules
3	avenge	to-infinitive	the funeral rites not said here	Hector's friend	tree rules
4	die		Hector		nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent
5	capture			twelve Trojans	nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He swore the funeral rites would wait until he had killed Paris and taken twelve Greeks as slaves, to honour his fallen comrade

The tree, 23 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 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rites	det
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rites	compound
5	rites	rite	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wait	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 wait	aux
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swore	ccomp
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 killed	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 killed	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 killed	aux
11	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wait	advcl
12	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 killed	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 taken	cc
14	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 killed	conj
15	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 Greeks	nummod
16	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	Number=Plur	14 taken	obl
17	as	as	ADP	_	18 slaves	case
18	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 taken	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 honour	punct
20	to	to	PART	_	21 honour	mark
21	honour	honour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 wait	parataxis
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 comrade	nmod:poss
23	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 comrade	amod
24	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 honour	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swear	past	He			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	wait	would	the funeral rites			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	kill	past · perfect · passive		he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer paris=Result
4	take	participle		twelve Greeks	as slaves	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as slave=Attribute
5	honour	to-infinitive		Paris's fallen comrade		tree rules
6	fall	participle				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He swore revenge on Hector, bro

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 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swore	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 Hector	case
5	Hector	hector	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swore	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bro	punct
7	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Hector	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	He	revenge		Hector and bro			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Eventuality

Option 4

He swore the funeral would wait until he had killed Agamemnon and captured Priam, out of grief for his friend

The tree, 20 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 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 funeral	det
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wait	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wait	aux
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swore	ccomp
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 killed	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 killed	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 killed	aux
10	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wait	advcl
11	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 killed	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 captured	cc
13	captured	capture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 swore	conj
14	Priam	Priam	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 captured	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 grief	punct
16	out	out	ADP	_	18 grief	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 grief	case
18	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swore	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 friend	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 friend	nmod:poss
21	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 grief	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	swear	past	He		grief for funeral's friend	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	wait	would	the funeral			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	kill	past · perfect · passive		funeral		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer agamemnon=Result
4	capture	past	He not said here	Priam		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priam=Theme

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