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# Exam question 2 · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…

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Which course of action did Pittheus recommend to his grandson for the journey to Athens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** course · **What happens:** recommend · **To what, where:** grandson

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2044 «The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone, finds his father's sword and sandals, and sets out for Athens» 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/2044-pg976-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e2:1
# text = Which course of action did Pittheus recommend to his grandson for the journey to Athens?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Pittheus	Pittheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	recommend	recommend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	grandson	grandson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | past · do-support | which course of action |  | Pittheus's grandson for the journey to Athens |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to grandson=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Travel by sea, avoiding the robbers and monsters that roam the mountain roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = Travel by sea, avoiding the robbers and monsters that roam the mountain roads
1	Travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	avoiding	avoid	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	roam	roam	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | gerund | Travel by sea *not said here* | the robbers and monsters |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent robber=Location |
| 2 | **roam** | present | the robbers and monsters | the mountain roads |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Trajectory |
| 3 | **travel** |  | sea |  |  |  |  |  | nom travel «act intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Travel by sea, to avoid the dangers of the land route

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = Travel by sea, to avoid the dangers of the land route
1	Travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | Travel by sea | the dangers of the land route |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location |
| 2 | **travel** |  | sea |  |  |  |  |  | nom travel «act intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sail by sea, so he could avoid the dangers of the land route and visit the coast towns

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = Sail by sea, so he could avoid the dangers of the land route and visit the coast towns
1	Sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | could | Sail by sea | the dangers of the land route |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent danger=Location |
| 2 | **visit** | infinitive | Sail by sea *not said here* | the coast towns |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go by land with a strong escort of soldiers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = Go by land with a strong escort of soldiers
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	escort	escort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by land; with a strong escort of soldiers | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with escort=Beneficiary |

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