--- title: Which arrow did Eros discharge into the breast of Apollo, thereby in… — Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo f… · tree and pragmatics description: Which arrow did Eros discharge into the breast of Apollo, thereby inspiring his ardent affection? Exam question 3 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/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/) / [Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his… Which arrow did Eros discharge into the breast of Apollo, thereby inspiring his ardent affection? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Eros · **What happens:** arrow, discharge, inspire · **To what, where:** breast, ardent affection This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e3:1 # text = Which arrow did Eros discharge into the breast of Apollo, thereby inspiring his ardent affection? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 arrow arrow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Eros Eros PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 discharge discharge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Apollo Apollo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 inspiring inspire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 ardent ardent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrow** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **discharge** | past · do-support | Eros | | | the breast of Apollo | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **inspire** | gerund | | Eros's ardent affection | | | | thereby *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus affection=Experiencer | 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} The leaden dart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e3:o1:1 # text = The leaden dart 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 leaden leaden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dart dart NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The golden shaft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e3:o2:1 # text = The golden shaft 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 shaft shaft NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The golden arrow of love that struck Apollo's heart and set his passion alight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e3:o3:1 # text = The golden arrow of love that struck Apollo's heart and set his passion alight 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 Apollo Apollo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 12 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 alight alight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | the golden arrow of love | Apollo's heart | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 2 | **set** | past | the golden arrow of love | arrow's passion | | | | alight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient passion=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} The golden shaft that Eros fired from his bow into Apollo's breast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:e3:o4:1 # text = The golden shaft that Eros fired from his bow into Apollo's breast 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 shaft shaft NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Eros Eros PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fired fire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 Apollo Apollo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fire** | past | the golden shaft | | | Eros's bow | | into Apollo's breast | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from bow=Initial\_Location into breast=Destination | **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. - ← previous: [Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo f…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/e2/) - next →: [Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo f…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/e4/) - ↑ back to [Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his love affairs go wrong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/)