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title: Which pair of deities is identified as the progenitors of Oceanus, t… — Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which pair of deities is identified as the progenitors of Oceanus, the ocean stream? Exam question 1 of lesson 496 «Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates his fierce children, the Giants.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 1 · Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates…

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Which pair of deities is identified as the progenitors of Oceanus, the ocean stream?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** pair

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 496 «Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates his fierce children, the Giants.» 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/496-pg22381-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e1:1
# text = Which pair of deities is identified as the progenitors of Oceanus, the ocean stream?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	deities	deity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	identified	identify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	progenitors	progenitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Oceanus	Oceanus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present · passive |  | which pair of deities |  |  |  | as the progenitors of Oceanus | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as progenitor=Attribute |

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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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Chaos and Nyx

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = Chaos and Nyx
1	Chaos	chaos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Nyx	Nyx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Uranus and Gaea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = Uranus and Gaea
1	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Gaea	Gaea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pontus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = Pontus
1	Pontus	pontus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Erebus and Aer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = Erebus and Aer
1	Erebus	erebus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Aer	Aer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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