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title: Upon what basis did the Spartan reply to King Philip's threat consist? — Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a f… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what basis did the Spartan reply to King Philip's threat consist? Exam question 2 of lesson 353 «Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take his friend's place in prison» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 2 · Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take…

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Upon what basis did the Spartan reply to King Philip's threat consist?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** basis, Spartan reply · **What happens:** do, consist · **To what, where:** Spartan reply

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 353 «Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take his friend's place in prison» 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/353-pg18442-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:e2:1
# text = Upon what basis did the Spartan reply to King Philip's threat consist?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	basis	basis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Spartan	spartan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:desc	_	_
10	Philip	Philip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
13	consist	consist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | basis | the Spartan reply |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **consist** | infinitive | the Spartan reply *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Philip  King's threat | tree rules |

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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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A single phrase of open surrender

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = A single phrase of open surrender
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	surrender	surrender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **phrase** |  |  | open surrender |  |  |  |  | nom phrase «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A single word expressing defiance and a refusal to bow down to the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = A single word expressing defiance and a refusal to bow down to the king
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	expressing	express	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	defiance	defiance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | gerund | a single word *not said here* | defiance and a refusal |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defiance=Theme |
| 2 | **bow down** | to-infinitive | a single word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the king; down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to king=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A long and detailed letter expressing defiance toward the king and his armies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = A long and detailed letter expressing defiance toward the king and his armies
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	detailed	detailed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	expressing	express	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	defiance	defiance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | gerund | a long letter and king's armies *not said here* | defiance |  |  |  | toward the king | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defiance=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A single word expressing defiance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:353-pg18442-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = A single word expressing defiance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	expressing	express	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	defiance	defiance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | gerund | a single word *not said here* | defiance |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defiance=Theme |

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**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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