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title: What punishment did the gods inflict upon Philemon and Baucis after… — Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What punishment did the gods inflict upon Philemon and Baucis after their death in recognition of their devotion? Exam question 4 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 schoo
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# Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mo…

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What punishment did the gods inflict upon Philemon and Baucis after their death in recognition of their devotion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** punishment, gods · **What happens:** do, inflict, die, recognize, devote · **To what, where:** recognition, devotion

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e4:1
# text = What punishment did the gods inflict upon Philemon and Baucis after their death in recognition of their devotion?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	inflict	inflict	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Philemon	Philemon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Baucis	Baucis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	devotion	devotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	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 | **do** | past | punishment |  |  | recognition of gods's devotion | after gods's death |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **inflict** | present | the gods |  |  |  |  | upon Philemon and Baucis | tree rules |
| 3 | **die** |  | gods *= god* |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **recognize** |  |  | gods's devotion |  |  |  |  | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **devote** |  | gods *= god* |  |  |  |  |  | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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transformation into trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e4:o1:1
# text = transformation into trees
1	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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turned into two oak trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e4:o2:1
# text = turned into two oak trees
1	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | participle |  |  |  | two oak trees |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into tree=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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turned into oaks and stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e4:o3:1
# text = turned into oaks and stones
1	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	oaks	oak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | participle |  |  |  | oaks and stones |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into oak=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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transformation into two trees that stood by the temple for ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:e4:o4:1
# text = transformation into two trees that stood by the temple for ages
1	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | two trees |  |  |  | for ages | by the temple | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by temple=Location |

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