Exam question 3 · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

Why did Penelope subject her husband to the test of the bed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Penelope · What happens: subject, test · To what, where: husband, bed

This is exam question 3 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 subject	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 subject	aux
3	Penelope	Penelope	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 subject	nsubj
4	subject	subject	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 husband	nmod:poss
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 subject	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 test	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 test	det
9	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 subject	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 test	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 subject	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subject	past · do-support	Penelope	Penelope's husband				to the test of the bed	tree rules
2	test			the bed					nom test «cognition 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

Because she remained unconvinced of his identity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 remained	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 remained	nsubj
3	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unconvinced	unconvinced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remained	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 identity	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 identity	nmod:poss
7	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unconvinced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	she					unconvinced property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Because she had not yet been fully persuaded that the stranger was really her husband Odysseus after twenty years

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	8 persuaded	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 persuaded	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 persuaded	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 persuaded	advmod
5	yet	yet	ADV	_	8 persuaded	advmod
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 persuaded	cop
7	fully	fully	ADV	_	8 persuaded	advmod
8	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 husband	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stranger	det
11	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 husband	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 husband	cop
13	really	really	ADV	_	15 husband	advmod
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 husband	nmod:poss
15	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 persuaded	advcl
16	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 husband	appos
17	after	after	ADP	_	19 years	case
18	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 years	nummod
19	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 persuaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past · perfect	she				yet; year	fully, persuade property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the stranger	her husband					tree rules

Option 3

Because she doubted his real identity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 doubted	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 doubted	nsubj
3	doubted	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 identity	nmod:poss
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 identity	amod
6	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doubted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doubt	past	she	his real identity					vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Theme

Option 4

Because she had heard that the beggar might be a spy sent by the suitors to deceive her and seize the throne

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 heard	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	aux
4	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 spy	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beggar	det
7	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spy	nsubj
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 spy	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 spy	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 spy	det
11	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	conj
12	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 spy	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 suitors	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 suitors	det
15	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sent	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 deceive	mark
17	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 heard	advcl
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 deceive	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 seize	cc
20	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 deceive	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 throne	det
22	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 seize	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	she			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	might	the beggar	a spy		tree rules
3	send	participle		a spy not said here	by the suitors	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	deceive	to-infinitive	she not said here	her = she		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
5	seize	infinitive	she not said here	the throne		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme

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