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description: Which principal interpretation of the myth was offered in relation to the change of seasons? Exam question 4 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 pr
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# Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

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Which principal interpretation of the myth was offered in relation to the change of seasons?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** seasons · **What happens:** interpretation, offer, change · **To what, where:** principal interpretation, relation

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e4:1
# text = Which principal interpretation of the myth was offered in relation to the change of seasons?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interpretation** |  |  |  |  |  |  | of the myth | tree rules |
| 2 | **offer** | past · passive |  | principal interpretation |  | relation |  | to the change of seasons *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to change=Goal |
| 3 | **change** |  | seasons |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a nature story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e4:o1:1
# text = a nature story
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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an allegory illustrating the seasonal cycle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e4:o2:1
# text = an allegory illustrating the seasonal cycle
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	allegory	allegory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	illustrating	illustrate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	seasonal	seasonal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **illustrate** | gerund | a allegory *not said here* | the seasonal cycle |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cycle=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a symbolic tale of the yearly seasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e4:o3:1
# text = a symbolic tale of the yearly seasons
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	symbolic	symbolic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	yearly	yearly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** |  | the yearly seasons |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a religious story about the crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:e4:o4:1
# text = a religious story about the crops
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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