--- title: Which deity is said to have bestowed upon Amphion the lyre by means… — Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which deity is said to have bestowed upon Amphion the lyre by means of which he raised the walls of Thebes? Exam question 1 of lesson 501 «Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mortal women in disguise, and Lycaon plots to test him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/501-pg22381-part7/e1/) [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/) / [Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/501-pg22381-part7/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mo… Which deity is said to have bestowed upon Amphion the lyre by means of which he raised the walls of Thebes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Amphion · **What happens:** say, bestow, mean, raise · **To what, where:** deity, lyre, walls · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 501 «Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mortal women in disguise, and Lycaon plots to test him» 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/501-pg22381-part7/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e1:1 # text = Which deity is said to have bestowed upon Amphion the lyre by means of which he raised the walls of Thebes? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 bestowed bestow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 xcomp _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Amphion Amphion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lyre lyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 7 obl _ _ 13 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Thebes thebe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | which deity | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bestow** | to-infinitive · perfect | | the lyre | | | | upon Amphion | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **raise** | past | Amphion | the walls of Thebes | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wall=Theme of which=Destination | 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} Hephaestus, god of the forge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e1:o1:1 # text = Hephaestus, god of the forge 1 Hephaestus Hephaestus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 god God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ares ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e1:o2:1 # text = Ares 1 Ares ar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Hermes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e1:o3:1 # text = Hermes 1 Hermes Hermes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Eros ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e1:o4:1 # text = Eros 1 Eros Eros PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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