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# Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

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Which of the following was the means by which Apollo caused the death of Coronis?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** the, Coronis · **What happens:** follow, be, cause, die · **To what, where:** death · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» 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/510-pg22381-part16/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e1:1
# text = Which of the following was the means by which Apollo caused the death of Coronis?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Coronis	Coronis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** | past |  | the death of Coronis |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient |
| 4 | **die** |  | Coronis |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a death-bringing dart discharged from his bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e1:o1:1
# text = a death-bringing dart discharged from his bow
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	dart	dart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	discharged	discharge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **discharge** | participle |  | a bringing dart *not said here* |  | his bow |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from bow=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a death-bringing dart discharged from his bow at her heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e1:o2:1
# text = a death-bringing dart discharged from his bow at her heart
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	dart	dart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	discharged	discharge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
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	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **discharge** | participle |  | a bringing dart *not said here* |  | his bow |  | at her heart | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from bow=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a fiery thunderbolt hurled down from Olympus by his father Zeus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e1:o3:1
# text = a fiery thunderbolt hurled down from Olympus by his father Zeus
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thunderbolt	thunderbolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurl down** | participle |  | a fiery thunderbolt *not said here* |  | Olympus |  | by Olympus's father | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by father=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sharp arrow loosed from his silver bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e1:o4:1
# text = A sharp arrow loosed from his silver bow
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	loosed	loose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **loose** | participle |  | a sharp arrow *not said here* |  | his silver bow |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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