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description: What was the purpose of Mercury's infusion of lies, according to the account given in the text? Exam question 3 of lesson 141 «Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog is fed only when the work stops» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…

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What was the purpose of Mercury's infusion of lies, according to the account given in the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** purpose, infusion · **What happens:** be, accord, give, purpose · **To what, where:** account, text

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 141 «Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog is fed only when the work stops» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/141-pg11339-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:e3:1
# text = What was the purpose of Mercury's infusion of lies, according to the account given in the text?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	infusion	infusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the purpose of Mercury's infusion of lies accord the account |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  | the account *not said here* |  | the text |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **purpose** |  | Mercury's infusion of lies accord the account |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To be poured into the mead of the Tradesmen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = To be poured into the mead of the Tradesmen
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mead	mead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Tradesmen	tradesman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | the mead of the Tradesmen |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: into mead=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To be added to the ingredients of all the Tradesmen, so that every one of them would cheat the buyers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = To be added to the ingredients of all the Tradesmen, so that every one of them would cheat the buyers
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ingredients	ingredient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Tradesmen	tradesman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	19	mark	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	buyers	buyer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | to the ingredients of all Tradesmen | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to ingredient=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **cheat** | would | every one of Tradesmen | the buyers |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buyer=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To be added to the ingredients of all the Tradesmen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = To be added to the ingredients of all the Tradesmen
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ingredients	ingredient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Tradesmen	tradesman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | to the ingredients of all Tradesmen | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to ingredient=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To be given to all the gods of Olympus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:141-pg11339-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = To be given to all the gods of Olympus
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  | all gods of Olympus |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to god=Recipient |

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