Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 60: Odysseus frames Pala…

By what means did Achilles come to be reconciled with Agamemnon, and what gift did he receive in consequence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Achilles, gift · What happens: mean, come, reconcile, receive · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 4 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 come	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 come	nsubj
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	9 reconciled	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 reconciled	aux:pass
9	reconciled	reconcile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 come	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 Agamemnon	case
11	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reconciled	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 receive	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 receive	cc
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 receive	obj
15	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 receive	nsubj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 receive	aux
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 receive	nsubj
18	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 come	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 consequence	case
20	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 receive	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	come	past · do-support	Achilles			tree rules
3	reconcile	to-infinitive · passive	Achilles not said here		with Agamemnon	tree rules
4	receive	past · do-support	gift	consequence		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme in consequence=Location

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

He returned to battle after the embassy's plea, and was given a shield forged by Hephaestus

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 battle	mark
4	battle	battle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 returned	advcl
5	after	after	ADP	_	9 plea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 embassy	det
7	embassy	embassy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plea	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 embassy	case
9	plea	plea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 battle	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 given	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 given	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 given	aux:pass
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 returned	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 shield	det
15	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 given	obj
16	forged	forge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 shield	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 Hephaestus	case
18	Hephaestus	Hephaestus	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 forged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	battle	to-infinitive	He not said here		after the embassy's plea		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give	past · passive	He not said here	a shield			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: shield=Theme
4	forge	participle		a shield not said here		by Hephaestus	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by hephaestus=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He rejoined the army after the embassy's appeal, and received a new suit of armour forged by Hephaestus

The tree, 19 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 rejoined	nsubj
2	rejoined	rejoin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 army	det
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejoined	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	9 appeal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 embassy	det
7	embassy	embassy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 appeal	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 embassy	case
9	appeal	appeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejoined	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 received	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 received	cc
12	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rejoined	parataxis
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 suit	det
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 suit	amod
15	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 received	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 armour	case
17	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 suit	nmod
18	forged	forge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 suit	acl
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 Hephaestus	case
20	Hephaestus	Hephaestus	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 forged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	rejoin	past	He	the army	after the embassy's appeal		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient
2	receive	past		a new suit of armour			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suit=Theme
3	forge	participle		a new suit of armour not said here		by Hephaestus	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by hephaestus=Destination
4	appeal		the embassy				nom appeal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He rejoined the battle after the great embassy of Odysseus, Ajax, and Phoenix pleaded with him at length in his tent, and received a magnificent new suit of armour forged by the god Hephaestus himself

The tree, 35 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 rejoined	nsubj
2	rejoined	rejoin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 battle	det
4	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejoined	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 embassy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 embassy	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 embassy	amod
8	embassy	embassy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejoined	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Odysseus	case
10	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 embassy	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Ajax	punct
12	Ajax	Ajax	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Odysseus	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pleaded	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 pleaded	cc
15	Phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 pleaded	nsubj
16	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rejoined	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pleaded	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 length	case
20	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pleaded	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 tent	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 tent	nmod:poss
23	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 length	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 received	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 received	cc
26	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rejoined	parataxis
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 suit	det
28	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 suit	amod
29	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 suit	amod
30	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 received	obj
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 armour	case
32	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 suit	nmod
33	forged	forge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 suit	acl
34	by	by	ADP	_	36 god	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 god	det
36	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 forged	obl
37	Hephaestus	Hephaestus	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 god	appos
38	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	37 Hephaestus	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rejoin	past	He	the battle		after the great embassy of Odysseus and Ajax		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Patient
2	plead speech: request	past	Phoenix		length in Phoenix's tent		with Ajax	tree rules
3	receive	past		a magnificent new suit of armour				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suit=Theme
4	forge	participle		a magnificent new suit of armour not said here			by the god	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by god=Destination

Option 4

He rejoined the Greek army once the embassy of Odysseus, Ajax and Phoenix had made their appeal, and received from his mother Thetis a new suit of armour forged by Hephaestus

The tree, 31 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 rejoined	nsubj
2	rejoined	rejoin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 army	det
4	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 army	amod
5	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejoined	obj
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	16 made	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 embassy	det
8	embassy	embassy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 made	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Odysseus	case
10	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 embassy	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Ajax	punct
12	Ajax	Ajax	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Odysseus	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Phoenix	cc
14	Phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Odysseus	conj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 made	aux
16	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rejoined	advcl
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 appeal	nmod:poss
18	appeal	appeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 made	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 received	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 received	cc
21	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rejoined	parataxis
22	from	from	ADP	_	25 Thetis	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 Thetis	nmod:poss
24	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 Thetis	compound
25	Thetis	thetis	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 received	obl
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 suit	det
27	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 suit	amod
28	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 Thetis	appos
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 armour	case
30	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 suit	nmod
31	forged	forge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 suit	acl
32	by	by	ADP	_	33 Hephaestus	case
33	Hephaestus	Hephaestus	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 forged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rejoin	past	He	the Greek army			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient
2	make	past · perfect · passive		the embassy of Odysseus and Ajax and Phoenix			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary appeal=Product
3	receive	past			Phoenix's mother Thetis		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from thetis=Source
4	forge	participle		a new suit of armour not said here		by Hephaestus	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by hephaestus=Destination
5	appeal		Odysseus				nom appeal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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