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title: Which command did the oracle of Themis deliver to Deucalion and Pyrr… — Greek and Roman Myths, Division of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which command did the oracle of Themis deliver to Deucalion and Pyrrha? Exam question 3 of lesson 498 «Greek and Roman Myths, Division of the World and Origin of Man, part 4: the brothers share the world, the giants and Typhon are beaten, and a flood drowns the wicked race» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Greek and Roman Myths, Division of the World and Origin of…

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Which command did the oracle of Themis deliver to Deucalion and Pyrrha?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** command, oracle · **What happens:** do, deliver · **To what, where:** Deucalion

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 498 «Greek and Roman Myths, Division of the World and Origin of Man, part 4: the brothers share the world, the giants and Typhon are beaten, and a flood drowns the wicked race» 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/498-pg22381-part4/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:498-pg22381-part4:e3:1
# text = Which command did the oracle of Themis deliver to Deucalion and Pyrrha?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Themis	Themis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	deliver	deliver	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Deucalion	Deucalion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Pyrrha	Pyrrha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which command |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **deliver** | present | the oracle of Themis |  | Deucalion and Pyrrha |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to deucalion=Destination |

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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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To build a ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:498-pg22381-part4:e3:o1:1
# text = To build a ship
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | a ship |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ship=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To throw stones behind them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:498-pg22381-part4:e3:o2:1
# text = To throw stones behind them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | to-infinitive |  | stones |  |  |  | behind stones *= stone* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme behind they=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To pray at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:498-pg22381-part4:e3:o3:1
# text = To pray at dawn
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pray	pray	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To offer a goat at the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:498-pg22381-part4:e3:o4:1
# text = To offer a goat at the altar
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | to-infinitive |  | a goat |  | the altar |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent goat=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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