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title: By what solemn oath was Zeus bound to fulfil the request made by Sem… — Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what solemn oath was Zeus bound to fulfil the request made by Semele, the daughter of Cadmus? Exam question 3 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, with the depen
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# Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mo…

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By what solemn oath was Zeus bound to fulfil the request made by Semele, the daughter of Cadmus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, fulfil, make · **To what, where:** Zeus bound, request

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e3:1
# text = By what solemn oath was Zeus bound to fulfil the request made by Semele, the daughter of Cadmus?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
3	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bound	bound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Semele	Semele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Zeus bound |  |  |  | by solemn oath | tree rules |
| 2 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive |  | the request |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | the request *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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}

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the sacred river Acheron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e3:o1:1
# text = the sacred river Acheron
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Acheron	Acheron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the Styx

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e3:o2:1
# text = the Styx
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Styx	Styx	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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Hades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e3:o3:1
# text = Hades
1	Hades	Hade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Acheron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e3:o4:1
# text = Acheron
1	Acheron	Acheron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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