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title: By what collective designation were the three Giants known in the pa… — Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea,… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what collective designation were the three Giants known in the passage? Exam question 4 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 the question
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# Exam question 4 · Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates…

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By what collective designation were the three Giants known in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, know · **To what, where:** three Giants, passage

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e4:1
# text = By what collective designation were the three Giants known in the passage?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	collective	collective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Giants	Giant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the three Giants |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | the three Giants *not said here* |  | the passage |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the Hecatoncheires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e4:o1:1
# text = the Hecatoncheires
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hecatoncheires	Hecatoncheires	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Cyclopeans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e4:o2:1
# text = the Cyclopeans
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cyclopeans	Cyclopean	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Giants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e4:o3:1
# text = the Giants
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Giants	Giant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Hyperboreans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:e4:o4:1
# text = the Hyperboreans
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hyperboreans	Hyperborean	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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