--- title: With reference to the passage, which deity was the mother of AEneas? — Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphro… · tree and pragmatics description: With reference to the passage, which deity was the mother of AEneas? Exam question 1 of lesson 506 «Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from the sea, and Adonis's sad fate» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/506-pg22381-part12/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/506-pg22381-part12/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from th… With reference to the passage, which deity was the mother of AEneas? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** mother This is exam question 1 of lesson 506 «Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from the sea, and Adonis's sad fate» 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/506-pg22381-part12/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:e1:1 # text = With reference to the passage, which deity was the mother of AEneas? 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 8 det _ _ 8 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 AEneas AEneas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the mother | | | | with reference to the passage and which deity; of AEneas | tree rules | 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} Persephone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:e1:o1:1 # text = Persephone 1 Persephone persephone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Aphrodite ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:e1:o2:1 # text = Aphrodite 1 Aphrodite aphrodite NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Cythera, the goddess who was born at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:e1:o3:1 # text = Cythera, the goddess who was born at sea 1 Cythera Cythera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | the goddess | | sea | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Aphrodite, goddess of love and daughter of Zeus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:e1:o4:1 # text = Aphrodite, goddess of love and daughter of Zeus 1 Aphrodite aphrodite NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Zeus Zeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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