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description: By what means did Poseidon chiefly exert his dominion over the sea, according to the text? Exam question 2 of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace is described» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

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By what means did Poseidon chiefly exert his dominion over the sea, according to the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, exert, accord · **To what, where:** dominion, sea, text

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace is described» 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/515-pg22381-part21/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e2:1
# text = By what means did Poseidon chiefly exert his dominion over the sea, according to the text?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	exert	exert	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dominion	dominion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **exert** | past · do-support |  | Poseidon's dominion |  | the sea |  | chiefly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Theme |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the text *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to text=Goal |

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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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By the sea-horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e2:o1:1
# text = By the sea-horses
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By his chariot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e2:o2:1
# text = By his chariot
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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By the trident, by means of which he produced earthquakes and raised islands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e2:o3:1
# text = By the trident, by means of which he produced earthquakes and raised islands
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trident	trident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	produced	produce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | by the trident | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **produce** | past | he | earthquakes and raised islands |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=Result |
| 3 | **raise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By his crystal palace, by means of which he ruled the waves and the fish of the deep

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e2:o4:1
# text = By his crystal palace, by means of which he ruled the waves and the fish of the deep
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | by his crystal palace | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **rule** | past | he | the waves |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme |

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