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description: By what stratagem did Apollo procure ministers for his newly founded temple? Exam question 2 of lesson 509 «Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his love affairs go wrong» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his…

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By what stratagem did Apollo procure ministers for his newly founded temple?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Apollo · **What happens:** procure, found · **To what, where:** ministers

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 509 «Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his love affairs go wrong» 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/509-pg22381-part15/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e2:1
# text = By what stratagem did Apollo procure ministers for his newly founded temple?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	procure	procure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	ministers	minister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	newly	newly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **procure** | past · do-support | Apollo | ministers |  |  |  | for Apollo's founded temple | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary minister=Theme |
| 2 | **found** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | newly *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 {#o1}

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By sending a storm to drive the Cretan crew onto the coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e2:o1:1
# text = By sending a storm to drive the Cretan crew onto the coast
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Cretan	Cretan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | a storm |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme |
| 2 | **drive** | to-infinitive |  | the Cretan crew |  | the coast |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent crew=Theme onto coast=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By transforming into a dolphin and driving a ship ashore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e2:o2:1
# text = By transforming into a dolphin and driving a ship ashore
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	transforming	transform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	ashore	ashore	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into a dolphin *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dolphin=Result |
| 2 | **drive** | gerund |  | a ship |  |  |  | ashore *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme ship=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By bribing the sailors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e2:o3:1
# text = By bribing the sailors
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bribing	bribe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bribe** | gerund |  | the sailors |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By calling the Cretan sailors to offer sacrifice in his name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e2:o4:1
# text = By calling the Cretan sailors to offer sacrifice in his name
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Cretan	Cretan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | the Cretan sailors |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sailor=Recipient |
| 2 | **offer** | to-infinitive |  | sacrifice |  | his name |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme |
| 3 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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