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title: Describe the manner in which Demeter responded upon learning of Zeus… — Myths of Greece and Rome, Demeter and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the manner in which Demeter responded upon learning of Zeus's complicity. Exam question 4 of lesson 504 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Demeter and Persephone, part 10: Demeter, grief-stricken, searches for her stolen daughter and learns that Zeus allowed it.» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Demeter and Persephone, part 10:…

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Describe the manner in which Demeter responded upon learning of Zeus's complicity.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Demeter · **What happens:** describe, respond · **To what, where:** manner

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 504 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Demeter and Persephone, part 10: Demeter, grief-stricken, searches for her stolen daughter and learns that Zeus allowed it.» 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/504-pg22381-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:504-pg22381-part10:e4:1
# text = Describe the manner in which Demeter responded upon learning of Zeus's complicity.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	Demeter	Demeter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	responded	respond	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	complicity	complicity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | past | Demeter |  |  | the manner |  | upon learning of Zeus's complicity | vn respond-113 «NP V»: 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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She wept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:504-pg22381-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = She wept
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She cursed Zeus and hid in the mortal world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:504-pg22381-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = She cursed Zeus and hid in the mortal world
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	mortal	mortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | She | Zeus |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | She *not said here* |  |  | the mortal world |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in world=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She abandoned Olympus and refused heavenly food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:504-pg22381-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = She abandoned Olympus and refused heavenly food
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | past | She | Olympus |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme olympus=Source |
| 2 | **refuse** | past | She *not said here* | heavenly food |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She left Olympus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:504-pg22381-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = She left Olympus
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | She | Olympus |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olympus=Theme |

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