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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the substance by which the inhabitants of the underworld are made to forget their former sorrows? Exam question 2 of lesson 2070 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries Proserpina to his gloomy palace» of the books course of Mova's pri
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# Exam question 2 · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the substance by which the inhabitants of the underworld are made to forget their former sorrows?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance, inhabitants · **What happens:** follow, identify, make, forget, sorrow · **To what, where:** substance, inhabitants, former sorrows

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2070 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries Proserpina to his gloomy palace» 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/2070-pg976-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the substance by which the inhabitants of the underworld are made to forget their former sorrows?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	underworld	underworld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	sorrows	sorrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the substance |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present · passive | the substance | the inhabitants of the underworld |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **forget** | to-infinitive | the inhabitants of the underworld *not said here* | inhabitants's former sorrows |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **sorrow** |  | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wine poured from golden jugs at the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = Wine poured from golden jugs at the feast
1	Wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	jugs	jug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | participle |  | Wine *not said here* |  | golden jugs |  | at the feast | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from jug=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A cup of wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = A cup of wine
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The water of the River Lethe, drawn from its stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = The water of the River Lethe, drawn from its stream
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Lethe	Lethe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | the water of the River Lethe *not said here* |  |  |  | from Lethe's stream | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from stream=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The waters of a fountain near the throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = The waters of a fountain near the throne
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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