Exam question 4 · Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sire…

Which account correctly describes Odysseus's response to the Sirens' song?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: account, Sirens · What happens: describe, sing · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 response	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Odysseus	case
7	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 song	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sirens	det
10	Sirens	siren	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 song	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 Sirens	case
12	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 response	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which account	Odysseus's response				to the Sirens's song; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to song=be'
2	sing		the Sirens						nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He stopped the crew's ears with wax and lashed himself to the mast

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 stopped	nsubj
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crew	det
4	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ears	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 crew	case
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stopped	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 wax	case
8	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lashed	cc
10	lashed	lash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stopped	conj
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 lashed	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 mast	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mast	det
14	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	He	the crew's ears				with wax	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector ear=Eventuality with wax=Subeventuality
2	lash	past	He not said here	himself = he				to the mast	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient to mast=Co-Patient

Option 2

He bound the crew to the mast and ordered rowing

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 bound	nsubj
2	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crew	det
4	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bound	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 mast	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mast	det
7	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bound	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ordered	cc
9	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bound	conj
10	rowing	rowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ordered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	past	He	the crew				to the mast	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent crew=Patient to mast=Co-Patient
2	order	past	He not said here	rowing					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rowing=Theme

Option 3

He sealed his own ears with wax and rowed past

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 sealed	nsubj
2	sealed	seal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ears	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ears	amod
5	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sealed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 wax	case
7	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sealed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rowed	cc
9	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sealed	conj
10	past	past	ADV	_	9 rowed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	past	He	his own ears				with wax	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ear=Patient with wax=Instrument
2	row	past	He not said here					past property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He stopped the crew's ears with wax and fled the island

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 stopped	nsubj
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crew	det
4	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ears	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 crew	case
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stopped	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 wax	case
8	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fled	cc
10	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stopped	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 island	det
12	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	He	the crew's ears				with wax	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector ear=Eventuality with wax=Subeventuality
2	flee	past	He not said here	the island					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme island=Initial_Location

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