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title: Which of the following was the means by which Zeus conveyed the prin… — Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following was the means by which Zeus conveyed the princess Europa across the sea to the island of Crete? Exam question 2 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 
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# Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mo…

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Which of the following was the means by which Zeus conveyed the princess Europa across the sea to the island of Crete?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** the, Zeus · **What happens:** follow, be, convey · **To what, where:** princess, island, sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e2:1
# text = Which of the following was the means by which Zeus conveyed the princess Europa across the sea to the island of Crete?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
10	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Crete	Crete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **is** | past | the |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **convey** | past | Zeus | the princess | the island of Crete | the sea |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Topic to island=Recipient |

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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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a white bull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = a white bull
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	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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a great shining bull from the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = a great shining bull from the sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a grey heifer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = a grey heifer
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	heifer	heifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a snow-white bull sent from heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = a snow-white bull sent from heaven
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | a white bull *not said here* |  | heaven |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from heaven=Initial\_Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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