--- title: According to the text, by what means did Zeus prevent the fulfilment… — Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6:… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the text, by what means did Zeus prevent the fulfilment of the prophecy concerning Metis? Exam question 2 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 tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/500-pg22381-part6/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/500-pg22381-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Do… According to the text, by what means did Zeus prevent the fulfilment of the prophecy concerning Metis? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zeus, prophecy · **What happens:** accord, mean, prevent, concern, fulfil · **To what, where:** text, fulfilment, Metis, prophecy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e2:1 # text = According to the text, by what means did Zeus prevent the fulfilment of the prophecy concerning Metis? 1 According accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 Zeus Zeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fulfilment fulfilment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 prophecy prophecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 Metis metis NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | to the text *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to text=Goal | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **prevent** | past · do-support | Zeus | the fulfilment of the prophecy | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer fulfilment=Theme | | 4 | **concern** | gerund | the prophecy *not said here* | Metis | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus metis=Experiencer | | 5 | **fulfil** | | | the prophecy | | | | | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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} by sending her away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = by sending her away 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} by binding her fate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = by binding her fate 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 binding bind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | gerund | | her fate | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Patient | | 2 | **fate** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} by marrying her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = by marrying her 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 marrying marry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} by swallowing her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = by swallowing her 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 swallowing swallow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | **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. 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