--- title: What form did the goddess Eos give to the aged Tithonus at the close… — Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tith… · tree and pragmatics description: What form did the goddess Eos give to the aged Tithonus at the close of his sufferings? Exam question 3 of lesson 508 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the dawn goddess loses her lover to old age, and Apollo is born on Delos» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/508-pg22381-part14/e3/) [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/) / [Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tith…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/508-pg22381-part14/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the d… What form did the goddess Eos give to the aged Tithonus at the close of his sufferings? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Eos · **What happens:** be, do, give, suffer · **To what, where:** goddess, aged Tithonus, close This is exam question 3 of lesson 508 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the dawn goddess loses her lover to old age, and Apollo is born on Delos» 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/508-pg22381-part14/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:e3:1 # text = What form did the goddess Eos give to the aged Tithonus at the close of his sufferings? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 form form VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 Eos Eos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Tithonus Tithonus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sufferings suffering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | | the goddess | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goddess=Eventuality | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | Eos | the goddess *not said here* | the aged Tithonus | the close of Eos's sufferings | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent goddess=Theme to tithonus=Recipient at close=Asset | | 4 | **suffer** | | Eos | | | | | | nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} a tortoise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:e3:o1:1 # text = a tortoise 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} an old crow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:e3:o2:1 # text = an old crow 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a cricket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:e3:o3:1 # text = a cricket 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cricket cricket NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a grasshopper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:e3:o4:1 # text = a grasshopper 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grasshopper grasshopper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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