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title: With reference to the passage, in which region was the oracle of Zeu… — Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, in which region was the oracle of Zeus at Dodona situated? Exam question 1 of lesson 500 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Dodona, the Olympic games, and his wives» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 1 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Do…

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With reference to the passage, in which region was the oracle of Zeus at Dodona situated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** region · **What happens:** be, situate · **To what, where:** oracle, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 500 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Dodona, the Olympic games, and his wives» 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/500-pg22381-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e1:1
# text = With reference to the passage, in which region was the oracle of Zeus at Dodona situated?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
9	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Dodona	Dodona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | region | the oracle |  | the passage and the oracle |  | of Zeus; at Dodona | tree rules |
| 2 | **situate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage and the oracle | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Epirus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = Epirus
1	Epirus	Epirus	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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Thrace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = Thrace
1	Thrace	thrace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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northern Thessaly by the river Peneus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = northern Thessaly by the river Peneus
1	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Thessaly	Thessaly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	Peneus	Peneus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the mountains of Pindus beyond the Macedonian plains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = the mountains of Pindus beyond the Macedonian plains
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Pindus	Pindus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Macedonian	Macedonian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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