Exam question 4 · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

What was the eventual outcome of the rebellion of the relatives of the suitors?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: relatives · What happens: be, rebel · To what, where: eventual outcome

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outcome	det
4	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 outcome	amod
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 rebellion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rebellion	det
8	rebellion	rebellion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 relatives	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 relatives	det
11	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rebellion	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 suitors	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 suitors	det
14	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 relatives	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the eventual outcome				of the rebellion of the relatives of the suitors	tree rules
2	rebel		the relatives of the suitors						nom rebellion «act intransitive»: of=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 rebels were slaughtered by Odysseus's men in the field, and the survivors were sent into exile on other islands

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rebels	det
2	rebels	rebel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slaughtered	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slaughtered	aux:pass
4	slaughtered	slaughter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 men	case
6	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 men	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Odysseus	case
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slaughtered	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 men	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sent	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sent	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 survivors	det
15	survivors	survivor	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sent	nsubj:pass
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 sent	aux:pass
17	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 slaughtered	conj
18	into	into	ADP	_	19 exile	case
19	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sent	obl
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 islands	case
21	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 islands	amod
22	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slaughter	past · passive	Odysseus's men in the field	the rebels					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	send	past · passive		the survivors		exile		on other islands	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Peace was agreed after a brief armed struggle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agreed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agreed	aux:pass
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	8 struggle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 struggle	det
6	brief	brief	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 armed	compound
7	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 struggle	amod
8	struggle	struggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agreed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past · passive		Peace			after a armed struggle		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Reconciliation was achieved through peaceful negotiation with Odysseus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 achieved	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 achieved	aux:pass
3	achieved	achieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 negotiation	case
5	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 negotiation	amod
6	negotiation	negotiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 achieved	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 Odysseus	case
8	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 negotiation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	achieve	past · passive		Reconciliation		peaceful negotiation with Odysseus			vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

They were defeated in a brief battle with Odysseus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 defeated	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 defeated	aux:pass
3	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 battle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 battle	det
6	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 battle	amod
7	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 defeated	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 Odysseus	case
9	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 battle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	past · passive		They		a brief battle with Odysseus			tree rules

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