Exam question 4 · Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray…

In what manner did Aphtanides first make the acquaintance of the narrator?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aphtanides · What happens: do, make, acquaint · To what, where: manner, acquaintance, narrator

This is exam question 4 of lesson 830 «Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray girl becomes a sister, then the father dies» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Aphtanides	aphtanide	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	nsubj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 make	advmod
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 acquaintance	det
9	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 narrator	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 narrator	det
12	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 acquaintance	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		tree rules
2	make	present	Aphtanides	the acquaintance of the narrator		first property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acquaintance=Product
3	acquaint			the narrator			nom acquaintance «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

By running to him across the courtyard and shouting a greeting from the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 running	mark
2	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 running	obl
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 courtyard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 courtyard	det
7	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 running	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shouting	cc
9	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 running	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 greeting	det
11	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 village	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 village	det
14	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund			him = he	the courtyard			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result
2	shout speech: express	gerund		a greeting		the village			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Topic

Option 2

By kissing him in the church at Easter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 kissing	mark
2	kissing	kiss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 church	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissing	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 Easter	case
8	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kissing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	gerund		him = he		the church		at Easter	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By embracing him and proclaiming Christ is risen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 embracing	mark
2	embracing	embrace	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 risen	advcl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 embracing	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 proclaiming	cc
5	proclaiming	proclaim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 embracing	conj
6	Christ	Christ	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 proclaiming	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 risen	aux:pass
8	risen	rise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	embrace	gerund	him = he	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
2	proclaim	gerund	Christ	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christ=Theme
3	rise	present · passive		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»

Option 4

By sharing his bread at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sharing	mark
2	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bread	nmod:poss
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharing	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dawn	case
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund		his bread			dawn		tree rules

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