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# Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

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Upon what occasion did Poseidon undertake the building of the walls of Troy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Poseidon · **What happens:** undertake · **To what, where:** building

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e3:1
# text = Upon what occasion did Poseidon undertake the building of the walls of Troy?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | Poseidon | the building of the walls of Troy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Upon his marriage to a Trojan princess, to honor the city's gods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e3:o1:1
# text = Upon his marriage to a Trojan princess, to honor the city's gods
1	Upon	upon	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	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Trojan	trojan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	honor	honor	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honor** | to-infinitive |  | the city's gods |  |  |  | upon his marriage to a Trojan princess | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme |
| 2 | **marry** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | to a Trojan princess | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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After a quarrel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e3:o2:1
# text = After a quarrel
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Upon a wager with Athena, to win the city of Athens for himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e3:o3:1
# text = Upon a wager with Athena, to win the city of Athens for himself
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wager	wager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Athena	Athena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | the city of Athens |  |  |  | upon a wager with Athena; for Athens | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent city=Theme for himself=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Upon his condemnation, for a year, to forego his dominion over the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:e3:o4:1
# text = Upon his condemnation, for a year, to forego his dominion over the sea
1	Upon	upon	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	condemnation	condemnation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	forego	forego	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	dominion	dominion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forego** | to-infinitive |  | his dominion |  | the sea |  | upon his condemnation for a year | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Theme |
| 2 | **condemn** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  | for a year |  | nom condemnation «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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