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title: Which regulation did Aides invoke to retain Persephone in the lower… — Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which regulation did Aides invoke to retain Persephone in the lower world? Exam question 3 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 qu
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# Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

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Which regulation did Aides invoke to retain Persephone in the lower world?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** regulation · **What happens:** invoke, retain · **To what, where:** Persephone, lower world

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e3:1
# text = Which regulation did Aides invoke to retain Persephone in the lower world?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	regulation	regulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Aides	aide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	invoke	invoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invoke** | past · do-support | which regulation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **retain** | to-infinitive | which regulation *not said here* | Persephone |  | the lower world |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the rule binding immortals who had consumed food there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = the rule binding immortals who had consumed food there
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	binding	bind	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	immortals	immortal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **consume** | past · perfect | the binding immortals | food |  | there |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the ancient law binding every immortal who had eaten the food of the dead while in their realm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = the ancient law binding every immortal who had eaten the food of the dead while in their realm
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	binding	bind	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	immortal	immortal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | gerund | the ancient law *not said here* | every immortal |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent immortal=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | past · perfect | every immortal | the food of the dead while |  | their realm |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the custom that the dead must never leave the realm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = the custom that the dead must never leave the realm
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | must | the custom | the realm |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the rule that any immortal who had consumed food in the lower world must stay there forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = the rule that any immortal who had consumed food in the lower world must stay there forever
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	immortal	immortal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
17	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | past · perfect | any immortal | food |  | the lower world |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset |
| 2 | **stay** | must | any immortal | the rule *not said here* |  | there |  | forever *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme rule=Location |

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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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