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description: State the reason given by the uncles for seizing the hide from the maiden Atalanta. Exam question 2 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 
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# Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

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State the reason given by the uncles for seizing the hide from the maiden Atalanta.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** give, seize · **To what, where:** State reason, hide, maiden Atalanta

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e2:1
# text = State the reason given by the uncles for seizing the hide from the maiden Atalanta.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	seizing	seize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Atalanta	Atalanta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | the State reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by the uncles | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **seize** | gerund |  | the hide |  | the maiden Atalanta |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hide=Theme from atalanta=Source |

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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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They believed it was a family gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = They believed it was a family gift
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a family gift |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They insisted that as next of kin they were owed a share of the hunt's spoils by law

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = They insisted that as next of kin they were owed a share of the hunt's spoils by law
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	insisted	insist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advcl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	owed	owe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	spoils	spoil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **owe** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal share=Theme |
| 3 | **spoil** | present |  |  |  |  |  | by law | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **share** |  |  | the hunt |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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

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They claimed it as next of kin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = They claimed it as next of kin
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	claimed	claim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | They | it |  |  |  | next *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They argued that the spoil belonged to their blood relatives by right of inheritance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = They argued that the spoil belonged to their blood relatives by right of inheritance
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	belonged	belong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **belong** | past | the spoil |  |  |  |  | to their blood relatives; by right of inheritance | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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