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title: Which statement regarding the Olympic games is consistent with the p… — Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement regarding the Olympic games is consistent with the passage? Exam question 3 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 pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 3 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Do…

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Which statement regarding the Olympic games is consistent with the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** regard, be · **To what, where:** Olympic games

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e3:1
# text = Which statement regarding the Olympic games is consistent with the passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | gerund | which statement *not said here* | the Olympic games |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | which statement |  |  |  |  | with the passage; consistent *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were held in Olympia each spring.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e3:o1:1
# text = They were held in Olympia each spring.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Olympia	Olympia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past · passive |  | They |  | Olympia | spring |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in olympia=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were restricted to the sons of free citizens and were held only in the city of Elis.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e3:o2:1
# text = They were restricted to the sons of free citizens and were held only in the city of Elis.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	citizens	citizen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Elis	Elis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | past · passive |  | They | the sons of free citizens |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to son=Goal |
| 2 | **hold** | past · passive |  |  |  | the city of Elis |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: in city=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They recurred at intervals of three years.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e3:o3:1
# text = They recurred at intervals of three years.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recurred	recur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	intervals	interval	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recur** | past | They |  |  | intervals of three years |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at interval=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They recurred at intervals of four years.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e3:o4:1
# text = They recurred at intervals of four years.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recurred	recur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	intervals	interval	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recur** | past | They |  |  | intervals of four years |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at interval=Location |

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