Exam question 1 · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

Upon what condition did Penelope declare that she would choose her husband from among the suitors?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, Penelope · What happens: declare, choose · To what, where: husband, suitors

This is exam question 1 of lesson 561 «Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 declare	obl
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declare	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 declare	aux
5	Penelope	Penelope	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 declare	nsubj
6	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 choose	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 choose	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 choose	aux
10	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 declare	advcl
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 husband	nmod:poss
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 choose	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 suitors	case
14	among	among	ADP	_	16 suitors	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 suitors	det
16	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 choose	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past · do-support	condition						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	choose	would	Penelope	Penelope's husband		the suitors			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent husband=Theme from suitor=Source

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

Once someone bent the bow and shot an arrow through twelve rings with it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	3 bent	mark
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 bent	nsubj
3	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bow	det
5	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bent	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shot	cc
7	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bent	conj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 arrow	det
9	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shot	obj
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 rings	case
11	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 rings	nummod
12	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shot	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	past	someone	the bow					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent bow=Material
2	shoot	past	someone not said here	a arrow		twelve rings		with arrow	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme through ring=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the bending of the great bow and the sending of an arrow through twelve rings

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 bending	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bending	det
3	bending	bending	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 bow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bow	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bow	amod
7	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bending	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sending	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sending	det
10	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 bending	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 arrow	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 arrow	det
13	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sending	obl
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 rings	case
15	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 rings	nummod
16	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund				twelve rings		of a arrow	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of arrow=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Only after every suitor had tried the great bow of Odysseus, and one had sent an arrow through twelve rings in the presence of the elders

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 tried	advmod
2	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 tried	mark
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 suitor	det
4	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tried	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tried	aux
6	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bow	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bow	amod
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tried	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Odysseus	case
11	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 bow	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sent	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sent	cc
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 sent	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sent	aux
16	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tried	conj
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 arrow	det
18	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sent	obj
19	through	through	ADP	_	21 rings	case
20	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 rings	nummod
21	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sent	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 presence	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 presence	det
24	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sent	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 elders	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 elders	det
27	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · perfect	every suitor	the great bow of Odysseus					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Eventuality
2	send	past · perfect · passive		one		twelve rings		in the presence of the elders	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination arrow=Theme

Option 4

Upon the bending of the great bow, the sending of an arrow through twelve rings, and the presence of all the suitors at the hall on the feast day

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 bending	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bending	det
3	bending	bending	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 bow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bow	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bow	amod
7	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bending	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sending	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sending	det
10	sending	send	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 bending	acl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 arrow	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 arrow	det
13	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sending	obl
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 rings	case
15	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 rings	nummod
16	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sending	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 presence	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 presence	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 presence	det
20	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bending	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 suitors	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 suitors	det:predet
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 suitors	det
24	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 presence	nmod
25	at	at	ADP	_	27 hall	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 hall	det
27	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 presence	nmod
28	on	on	ADP	_	31 day	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 day	det
30	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 day	compound
31	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund	the bending of the great bow and the presence of all suitors at the hall on the feast day not said here			twelve rings		of a arrow	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of arrow=Initial_Location

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