Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achille…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between Memnon and Achilles, as set out in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, set out · To what, where: relationship, passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 555 «Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achilles drags his body, Penthesilea falls, Achilles dies» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 relationship	det
9	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 Memnon	case
11	Memnon	Memnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 relationship	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Achilles	cc
13	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Memnon	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 set	punct
15	as	as	ADV	_	16 set	advmod
16	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 relationship	acl
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 set	compound:prt
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 passage	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 passage	det
20	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 set	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the relationship		of the following statements; between Memnon and Achilles; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme
3	set out	participle	the relationship not said here	the passage		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Both were sons of goddesses and wore armour made by Hephaestus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sons	det
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sons	cop
3	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wore	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 goddesses	case
5	goddesses	goddess	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sons	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wore	cc
7	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wore	obj
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 armour	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 Hephaestus	case
11	Hephaestus	Hephaestus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		both sons	of goddesses	tree rules
2	wear	past	both sons	armour		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent armour=Source
3	make	participle		armour not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

Both were sons of goddesses and fought at Troy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sons	det
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sons	cop
3	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fought	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 goddesses	case
5	goddesses	goddess	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sons	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fought	cc
7	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Troy	case
9	Troy	Troy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		both sons				of goddesses	tree rules
2	fight	past	both sons			Troy			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Both were sons of kings and wore armour from Ares

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sons	det
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sons	cop
3	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wore	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 kings	case
5	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sons	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wore	cc
7	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wore	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 Ares	case
10	Ares	ar	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		both sons				of kings	tree rules
2	wear	past	both sons	armour		Ares			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent armour=Theme from ar=Source

Option 4

Both were sons of goddesses, and Memnon's armour was made by Hephaestus while Achilles' armour was carried by the Winds to Troy

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sons	det
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sons	cop
3	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 goddesses	case
5	goddesses	goddess	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sons	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 made	cc
8	Memnon	Memnon	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 armour	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Memnon	case
10	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sons	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 Hephaestus	case
14	Hephaestus	Hephaestus	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	20 carried	mark
16	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 armour	nmod:poss
17	'	's	PART	_	16 Achilles	case
18	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 carried	nsubj:pass
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 carried	aux:pass
20	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 made	advcl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 Winds	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Winds	det
23	Winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 carried	obl
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 Troy	case
25	Troy	Troy	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		both sons		of goddesses	tree rules
2	make	past · passive	Hephaestus	Memnon's armour			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
3	carry	past · passive	the Winds	Achilles's armour	Troy		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to troy=Destination

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