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title: Identify the penalty imposed upon Apollo by Zeus for the slaying of… — Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the penalty imposed upon Apollo by Zeus for the slaying of the Cyclops. Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

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Identify the penalty imposed upon Apollo by Zeus for the slaying of the Cyclops.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, impose, slay · **To what, where:** penalty, Cyclops

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e2:1
# text = Identify the penalty imposed upon Apollo by Zeus for the slaying of the Cyclops.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	slaying	slaying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Cyclops	cyclops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the penalty |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme |
| 2 | **impose** | participle |  | the penalty *not said here* |  |  |  | upon Apollo; by Zeus; for the slaying of the Cyclops | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **slay** |  |  | the Cyclops |  |  |  |  | nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Service as a mortal, lightened by Hera's pleading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = Service as a mortal, lightened by Hera's pleading
1	Service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mortal	mortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	lightened	lighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	pleading	pleading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lighten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by Hera's pleading | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **plead** |  | Hera |  |  |  |  |  | nom pleading «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Exile to Hades, softened by his mother's pleas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = Exile to Hades, softened by his mother's pleas
1	Exile	Exile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Hades	Hade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	softened	soften	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	pleas	plea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soften** | participle |  | Exile to Hades *not said here* |  |  |  | by Exile's mother's pleas | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fine of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = A fine of gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fine** |  |  | gold |  |  |  |  | nom fine «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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banishment to Tartarus, mitigated by Leto's intercession

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = banishment to Tartarus, mitigated by Leto's intercession
1	banishment	banishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Tartarus	Tartarus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mitigated	mitigate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Leto	Leto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	intercession	intercession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mitigate** | participle |  | banishment to Tartarus *not said here* |  |  |  | by Leto's intercession | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **intercede** |  | Leto |  |  |  |  |  | nom intercession «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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