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# Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

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Identify the principal event described in this passage, namely the slaying of the Calydonian boar and the consequent death of Meleager's uncles.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, uncles · **What happens:** identify, describe, slay, die · **To what, where:** principal event, passage, Calydonian boar

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» 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/513-pg22381-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal event described in this passage, namely the slaying of the Calydonian boar and the consequent death of Meleager's uncles.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	slaying	slaying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Calydonian	Calydonian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	consequent	consequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	Meleager	Meleager	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 principal event |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | the principal event *not said here* |  | this passage and the namely slaying of the Calydonian boar and the consequent death of Meleager's uncles |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **slay** |  |  | the Calydonian boar |  |  |  |  | nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **die** |  | Meleager's uncles |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The quarrel over the hide at the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = The quarrel over the hide at the feast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hunt and the killing of the boar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = The hunt and the killing of the boar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	killing	killing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** |  |  | the boar |  |  |  |  | nom killing «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The slaying of the boar and the deaths of the uncles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = The slaying of the boar and the deaths of the uncles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slaying	slaying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	deaths	death	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** |  |  | the boar |  |  |  |  | nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **die** |  | the uncles |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The boar hunt and the murder of his kin, along with the quarrel that led to the feast's ruin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = The boar hunt and the murder of his kin, along with the quarrel that led to the feast's ruin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	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	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	along	along	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	ruin	ruin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | the quarrel |  |  |  |  | to the feast's ruin | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to ruin=Patient |
| 2 | **murder** |  |  | his kin |  |  |  |  | nom murder «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **ruin** |  | the feast |  |  |  |  |  | nom ruin «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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