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title: Which deity assumed the form of an elderly woman upon her arrival at… — Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which deity assumed the form of an elderly woman upon her arrival at Eleusis? Exam question 1 of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

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Which deity assumed the form of an elderly woman upon her arrival at Eleusis?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deity · **What happens:** assume, form, arrive · **To what, where:** form, elderly woman, Eleusis

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» 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/505-pg22381-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e1:1
# text = Which deity assumed the form of an elderly woman upon her arrival at Eleusis?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	deity	deity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	assumed	assume	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	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Eleusis	Eleusis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assume** | past | which deity | the form of a elderly woman upon deity's arrival at Eleusis |  |  |  |  | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | a elderly woman upon deity's arrival at Eleusis |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **arrive** |  | deity |  |  | Eleusis |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |

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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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Metaneira

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = Metaneira
1	Metaneira	Metaneira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = Hera
1	Hera	hera	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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Iris

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = Iris
1	Iris	Iris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Demeter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = Demeter
1	Demeter	demeter	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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