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description: Which object did Athene discard after her unflattering reflection was observed in the fountain? Exam question 3 of lesson 503 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's gifts and her shield» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's…

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Which object did Athene discard after her unflattering reflection was observed in the fountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, observe · **To what, where:** Athene discard, unflattering reflection, fountain

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 503 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's gifts and her shield» 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/503-pg22381-part9/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e3:1
# text = Which object did Athene discard after her unflattering reflection was observed in the fountain?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Athene	Athene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	discard	discard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	unflattering	unflattering	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | Athene discard |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discard=Eventuality |
| 2 | **observe** | past · passive |  | object's unflattering reflection |  | the fountain |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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Mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e3:o1:1
# text = Mirror
1	Mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The flute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e3:o2:1
# text = The flute
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	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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The shield

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e3:o3:1
# text = The shield
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shield	shield	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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Lyre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e3:o4:1
# text = Lyre
1	Lyre	lyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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