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Exam question 1 of lesson 518 «Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Thief: baby Hermes steals oxen and turns a greedy shepherd to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/518-pg22381-part24/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/518-pg22381-part24/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Thief: baby Hermes ste… At what time, according to the text, did the infant Hermes first leave the cave in order to steal the cattle? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** infant Hermes · **What happens:** accord, leave, steal · **To what, where:** cave, cattle This is exam question 1 of lesson 518 «Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Thief: baby Hermes steals oxen and turns a greedy shepherd to stone» 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/518-pg22381-part24/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e1:1 # text = At what time, according to the text, did the infant Hermes first leave the cave in order to steal the cattle? 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 infant infant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Hermes Hermes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 advmod _ _ 15 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 21 mark _ _ 19 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 fixed _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **leave** | past · do-support | the infant Hermes | the cave | | | time | first *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Theme | | 3 | **steal** | to-infinitive | the infant Hermes *not said here* | the cattle | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cattle=Theme | 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} Some days after his birth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e1:o1:1 # text = Some days after his birth 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Many years after his birth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e1:o2:1 # text = Many years after his birth 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The next morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e1:o3:1 # text = The next morning 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Not many hours after his birth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e1:o4:1 # text = Not many hours after his birth 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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