Exam question 4 · Greek heroes, Odysseus, part 66: Odysseus lands in Ithaca…

Identify the character who, upon recognizing the scar, is silenced by the hero and what instruction is given to her.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, hero · What happens: identify, recognize, silence, give · To what, where: character, scar, her

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 character	det
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 character	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 recognizing	punct
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	7 recognizing	mark
7	recognizing	recognize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 scar	det
9	scar	scar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recognizing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 silenced	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 silenced	aux:pass
12	silenced	silence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 recognizing	parataxis
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 hero	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hero	det
15	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 silenced	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 given	cc
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 given	nsubj:pass
18	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 given	nsubj:pass
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 given	aux:pass
20	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 silenced	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 given	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the character		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme
2	recognize	gerund	you not said here	the scar		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scar=Stimulus
3	silence	present · passive	the hero			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
4	give	present · passive			her = she	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to she=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Euryclea, who is instructed not to betray him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Euryclea	Euryclea	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 instructed	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 instructed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instructed	aux:pass
5	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Euryclea	acl:relcl
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 betray	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 betray	mark
8	betray	betray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 instructed	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 betray	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	present · passive		Euryclea					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not betray	to-infinitive		Euryclea					tree rules

Option 2

Euryclea, told to keep quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Euryclea	Euryclea	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Euryclea	punct
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	participle							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive						quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Penelope, who is told to be silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penelope	Penelope	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 told	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Penelope	parataxis
6	to	to	PART	_	8 silent	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 silent	cop
8	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		Penelope					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	Penelope not said here					silent property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Penelope, who is ordered to tell no one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penelope	Penelope	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ordered	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 ordered	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ordered	aux:pass
5	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Penelope	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 tell	mark
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ordered	xcomp
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	present · passive		Penelope					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	Penelope not said here	no one					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

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