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description: State the condition upon which the Fates conferred immortality on Admetus. Exam question 3 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 the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the condition upon which the Fates conferred immortality on Admetus.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Fates · **What happens:** state, confer · **To what, where:** condition, immortality, Admetus

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e3:1
# text = State the condition upon which the Fates conferred immortality on Admetus.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fates	fate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	conferred	confer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	immortality	immortality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Admetus	Admetus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 2 | **confer** | past | the Fates | immortality |  | Admetus |  | upon the condition | tree rules |

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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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that one of his kin accept death in his place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e3:o1:1
# text = that one of his kin accept death in his place
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	accept	accept	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	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	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | present | that one of his kin | death |  | his place |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that a member of his own family die in his stead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e3:o2:1
# text = that a member of his own family die in his stead
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	die	die	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
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	stead	stead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that a member of his own household, bound by blood, willingly die in his place at the appointed hour

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e3:o3:1
# text = that a member of his own household, bound by blood, willingly die in his place at the appointed hour
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	willingly	willingly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	die	die	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	in	in	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	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	amod	_	_
21	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle · passive |  | a member of his own household |  |  |  | by blood | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **die** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | hour | in his place; willingly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Attribute |
| 3 | **appoint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That someone outside his household die instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:e3:o4:1
# text = That someone outside his household die instead
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	die	die	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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