Exam question 3 · Greek heroes, Odysseus, part 66: Odysseus lands in Ithaca…

Describe the condition of Argo at the moment he recognizes his master, and state the outcome of that recognition.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Argo · What happens: describe, recognize, state, condition · To what, where: condition, master, outcome, Argo

This is exam question 3 of lesson 560 «Greek heroes, Odysseus, part 66: Odysseus lands in Ithaca and hides as a beggar» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Argo	case
5	Argo	Argo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 condition	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 moment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moment	det
8	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 recognizes	nsubj
10	recognizes	recognize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 moment	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 master	nmod:poss
12	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recognizes	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 state	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 state	cc
15	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 outcome	det
17	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 state	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 recognition	case
19	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 recognition	det
20	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 outcome	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the condition of Argo	moment	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	recognize	present	Argo	Argo's master		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer master=Stimulus
3	state speech: other	infinitive	you not said here	the outcome of that recognition		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
4	condition			Argo		nom condition «state transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is worn and feeble, and he expires at his master's feet

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	3 worn	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	cop
3	worn	worn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 feeble	cc
5	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 worn	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 expires	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 expires	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 expires	nsubj
9	expires	expire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	14 feet	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 master	nmod:poss
12	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 feet	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 master	case
14	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 expires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		worn property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	expire	present	he	his master's feet		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He is old, covered in ticks and nearly blind, and he dies on the spot at his master's feet with a joyful sigh

The tree, 24 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	3 old	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 old	cop
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 covered	punct
5	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 old	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 ticks	case
7	ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 covered	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 blind	cc
9	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	10 blind	advmod
10	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 old	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dies	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dies	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dies	nsubj
14	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 old	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 spot	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 spot	det
17	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dies	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	22 feet	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 master	nmod:poss
20	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 feet	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 master	case
22	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dies	obl
23	with	with	ADP	_	26 sigh	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 sigh	det
25	joyful	joyful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 sigh	amod
26	sigh	sigh	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		old property	tree rules
2	cover	participle	He not said here		in ticks	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in tick=Theme
3	be		He not said here		nearly property	tree rules
4	die	present	he	the spot	at his master's feet; with a joyful sigh	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

He is worn and feeble, lying on a dung-heap, and he expires at his master's feet after wagging his tail

The tree, 22 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	3 worn	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	cop
3	worn	worn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 feeble	cc
5	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 worn	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lying	punct
7	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 worn	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 heap	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 heap	det
10	dung	dung	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heap	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 dung	punct
12	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lying	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 expires	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 expires	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 expires	nsubj
16	expires	expire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	conj
17	at	at	ADP	_	21 feet	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 master	nmod:poss
19	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 feet	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 master	case
21	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 expires	obl
22	after	after	SCONJ	_	23 wagging	mark
23	wagging	wag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 expires	advcl
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 tail	nmod:poss
25	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wagging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			worn property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here				tree rules
3	lie	gerund	He not said here		a dung heap		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on heap=Location
4	expire	present	he		his master's feet		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	wag	gerund	he not said here	his tail			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Option 4

He is lame and blind, and he runs off into the woods at once

The tree, 14 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	3 lame	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lame	cop
3	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 blind	cc
5	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lame	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 runs	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 runs	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 runs	nsubj
9	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lame	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 runs	compound:prt
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 woods	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 woods	det
13	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 runs	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 once	case
15	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	lame property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here		tree rules
3	run off	present	he	into the woods result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result

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