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description: What was the nature of the casting-vote Athene bestowed at the Areopagus, as stated in the text? Exam question 4 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 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's…

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What was the nature of the casting-vote Athene bestowed at the Areopagus, as stated in the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, bestow, state · **To what, where:** vote Athene, text

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e4:1
# text = What was the nature of the casting-vote Athene bestowed at the Areopagus, as stated in the text?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	casting	casting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Athene	athene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Areopagus	Areopagus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the vote Athene |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bestow** | participle |  | the vote Athene *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | the text |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Favourable to the accused, but only because Athene feared Poseidon's anger over the trial

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = Favourable to the accused, but only because Athene feared Poseidon's anger over the trial
1	Favourable	favourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	accused	accuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Athene	Athene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accuse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fear** | past | Athene | Poseidon's anger |  | the trial |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anger=Stimulus |
| 3 | **anger** |  | Poseidon |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neutral, to keep the peace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = Neutral, to keep the peace
1	Neutral	neutral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the peace |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Favourable to the accused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = Favourable to the accused
1	Favourable	favourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	accused	accuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accuse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Against the accused, though she pardoned Orestes later because Apollo had persuaded her to

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = Against the accused, though she pardoned Orestes later because Apollo had persuaded her to
1	Against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	accused	accuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pardoned	pardon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	Orestes	Orestes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accuse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pardon** | past | she | Orestes |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orestes=Theme |
| 3 | **persuade** | past · perfect | Apollo | Orestes |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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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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