--- title: What did the oracle foretell for Atalanta should she give herself in… — Myths of Greece and Rome, Hecate and t… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the oracle foretell for Atalanta should she give herself in marriage? Exam question 3 of lesson 512 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Hecate and the Moon-Goddesses, part 18: three night and hunt goddesses, then a boar sent in anger» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/512-pg22381-part18/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/) / [Myths of Greece and Rome, Hecate and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/512-pg22381-part18/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Hecate and the Moon-Goddesses, p… What did the oracle foretell for Atalanta should she give herself in marriage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oracle, Atalanta · **What happens:** foretell, give · **To what, where:** Atalanta, marriage This is exam question 3 of lesson 512 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Hecate and the Moon-Goddesses, part 18: three night and hunt goddesses, then a boar sent in anger» 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/512-pg22381-part18/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:512-pg22381-part18:e3:1 # text = What did the oracle foretell for Atalanta should she give herself in marriage? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 oracle oracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 foretell foretell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 Atalanta Atalanta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 iobj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **foretell** | past · do-support | the oracle | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | should | Atalanta | | Atalanta | marriage | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | 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} bitter loneliness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:512-pg22381-part18:e3:o1:1 # text = bitter loneliness 1 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} inevitable misfortune ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:512-pg22381-part18:e3:o2:1 # text = inevitable misfortune 1 inevitable inevitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} unending sorrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:512-pg22381-part18:e3:o3:1 # text = unending sorrow 1 unending unending ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} that she would be turned into a bear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:512-pg22381-part18:e3:o4:1 # text = that she would be turned into a bear 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would · passive | | she | | a bear | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into bear=Trajectory | **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. 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