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title: What was the ultimate fate of the shepherd Battus, in consequence of… — Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the ultimate fate of the shepherd Battus, in consequence of his treachery? Exam question 3 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 dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · Gods of Greece and Rome, Hermes the Thief: baby Hermes ste…

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What was the ultimate fate of the shepherd Battus, in consequence of his treachery?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ultimate fate

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e3:1
# text = What was the ultimate fate of the shepherd Battus, in consequence of his treachery?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	Battus	Battus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	treachery	treachery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the ultimate fate and consequence of Battus's treachery |  |  |  | of the shepherd | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He was transformed into a lump of touchstone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e3:o1:1
# text = He was transformed into a lump of touchstone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | into a lump of touchstone *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into lump=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was transformed into a black lump of touchstone that still lies in the field

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e3:o2:1
# text = He was transformed into a black lump of touchstone that still lies in the field
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | into a black lump of touchstone *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into lump=Result |
| 2 | **lie** | present | a black lump of touchstone |  |  | the field | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was turned into a lump of touchstone and cast out of the herd forever as a warning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e3:o3:1
# text = He was turned into a lump of touchstone and cast out of the herd forever as a warning
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive |  | He |  | a lump of touchstone |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into lump=Trajectory |
| 2 | **cast out** | past |  | the herd |  |  |  | as a warning; forever *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent herd=Theme as warning=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He was cast into the river and drowned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:518-pg22381-part24:e3:o4:1
# text = He was cast into the river and drowned
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | past · passive |  | He |  | the river |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into river=Product |
| 2 | **drown** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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