Exam question 1 · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside…

Identify the figure of Greek myth who is represented, though not named, in the chapter «The Piper at the Gates of Dawn».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, represent, not name, figure · To what, where: figure, Greek myth, chapter

This is exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside «The Wind in the Willows»» of the language 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 figure	det
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 myth	case
5	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 myth	amod
6	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 figure	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 represented	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 represented	aux:pass
9	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 myth	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 named	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 named	mark
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 named	advmod
13	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 represented	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 chapter	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 chapter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 chapter	det
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 named	xcomp
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 Piper	punct
19	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Piper	det
20	Piper	Piper	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 chapter	appos
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 Gates	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Gates	det
23	Gates	Gate	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 chapter	nmod
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Dawn	case
25	Dawn	Dawn	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Gates	nmod
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 chapter	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the figure of Greek myth	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme
2	represent	present · passive		Greek myth	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	not name	participle		the chapter at the Gates of Dawn	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	figure			Greek myth	nom figure «communication 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

Apollo, god of the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 god	punct
3	god	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Apollo	conj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 god	nmod

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

Option 2

Poseidon, ruler of the sea, of horses and of earthquakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poseidon	poseidon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ruler	punct
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Poseidon	appos
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ruler	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 horses	punct
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 horses	case
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Poseidon	appos
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 earthquakes	cc
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 earthquakes	case
12	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 horses	conj

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

Option 3

Hermes, messenger of the gods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 messenger	punct
3	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hermes	appos
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 gods	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gods	det
6	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 messenger	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Pan, deity of wild places, of shepherds and of their flocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 deity	punct
3	deity	deity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pan	appos
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 places	case
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 places	amod
6	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deity	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shepherds	punct
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 shepherds	case
9	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pan	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 flocks	cc
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 flocks	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 flocks	nmod:poss
13	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pan	conj

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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