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title: By what means did the siblings establish their identity to one anoth… — Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a dee… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the siblings establish their identity to one another? Exam question 3 of lesson 514 «Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a deer replaces the girl on the altar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a deer replaces the girl…

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By what means did the siblings establish their identity to one another?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** siblings · **What happens:** mean, do, establish · **To what, where:** identity, one

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 514 «Greek myths, Iphigenia, part 20: a deer replaces the girl on the altar» 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/514-pg22381-part20/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e3:1
# text = By what means did the siblings establish their identity to one another?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	establish	establish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | present | the siblings | siblings's identity | one |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=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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A letter, then a long argument

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e3:o1:1
# text = A letter, then a long argument
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	argument	argument	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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Tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e3:o2:1
# text = Tears
1	Tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Recognition, followed by joyful tears and embraces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e3:o3:1
# text = Recognition, followed by joyful tears and embraces
1	Recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	joyful	joyful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	embraces	embrace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle |  | Recognition *not said here* |  |  |  | by joyful tears and embraces | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by tear=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A scar, then bitter argument and blows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:514-pg22381-part20:e3:o4:1
# text = A scar, then bitter argument and blows
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scar	scar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	blows	blow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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