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title: Which of the following accurately identifies the mother of the twins… — Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately identifies the mother of the twins Amphion and Zethus? Exam question 4 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 pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Zeus, part 6: Zeus's oracle at Do…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the mother of the twins Amphion and Zethus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, identify · **To what, where:** mother

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the mother of the twins Amphion and Zethus?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	Amphion	Amphion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Zethus	Zethus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the mother of the twins |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mother=Theme |

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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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Antiope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = Antiope
1	Antiope	Antiope	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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Alcmene

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = Alcmene
1	Alcmene	Alcmene	PROPN	NNP	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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Semele, the mother of Dionysus by Zeus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = Semele, the mother of Dionysus by Zeus
1	Semele	Semele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Dionysus	Dionysus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Alcmene, the mother of Heracles and Iphicles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:500-pg22381-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = Alcmene, the mother of Heracles and Iphicles
1	Alcmene	Alcmene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Iphicles	Iphicles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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