Exam question 2 · Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reward conferred upon victors at the ancient Olympic Games.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, confer · To what, where: response, reward, ancient Olympic Games

This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» of the history 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reward	det
11	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 reward	acl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 victors	case
14	victors	victor	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 conferred	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	19 Games	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Games	det
17	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 Games	amod
18	Olympic	olympic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 Games	amod
19	Games	Game	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 conferred	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the reward			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reward=Experiencer
4	confer	participle		the reward not said here	the ancient Olympic Games	upon victors	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=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

A sum of silver coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sum	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 coins	case
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coins	compound
5	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sum	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sum			silver coins					nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A gold medal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 medal	det
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 medal	compound
3	medal	medal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A chariot of bronze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chariot	det
2	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bronze	case
4	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chariot	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A wreath of olive leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wreath	det
2	wreath	wreath	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 leaves	case
4	olive	olive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leaves	amod
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wreath	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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