Exam question 2 · Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sire…

What was the consequence of the crew's slaughter of the sacred oxen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: crew · What happens: be, slaughter · To what, where: consequence, sacred oxen

This is exam question 2 of lesson 559 «Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sirens, a shipwreck, and Calypso's island» 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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 slaughter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crew	det
7	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slaughter	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 crew	case
9	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 oxen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 oxen	det
12	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 oxen	amod
13	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 slaughter	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				of the crew's slaughter of the sacred oxen	tree rules
2	slaughter		the crew	the sacred oxen					nom slaughter «act transitive»: poss=agent 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

Helios granted them a safe voyage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helios	helio	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 granted	nsubj
2	granted	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 granted	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voyage	det
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voyage	amod
6	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 granted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	past	Helios	them = they					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal voyage=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Zeus sent a storm which wrecked the ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 storm	det
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 wrecked	nsubj
6	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 storm	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ship	det
8	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrecked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Zeus	a storm					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme
2	wreck	past	a storm	the ship					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient

Option 3

the Sirens rescued them from the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sirens	det
2	Sirens	Siren	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 rescued	nsubj
3	rescued	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rescued	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rescued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past	the Sirens	them = they		the sea			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from sea=Source

Option 4

Circe restored them to humanity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Circe	Circe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 restored	nsubj
2	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 restored	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 humanity	case
5	humanity	humanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past	Circe	them = they	humanity				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to humanity=Recipient

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