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description: Which character acted as guardian and preceptor to the young god Dionysus during his childhood? Exam question 1 of lesson 520 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god's youth, travels and the golden king Midas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…

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Which character acted as guardian and preceptor to the young god Dionysus during his childhood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** act

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 520 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god's youth, travels and the golden king Midas» 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/520-pg22381-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:e1:1
# text = Which character acted as guardian and preceptor to the young god Dionysus during his childhood?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	acted	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	guardian	guardian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	preceptor	preceptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	Dionysus	Dionysus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
13	during	during	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	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | participle | which character |  |  |  | during character's childhood | as guardian and preceptor to the young god | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as guardian=Attribute |

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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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Pan, an aged satyr and son of Hermes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = Pan, an aged satyr and son of Hermes
1	Pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	satyr	satyr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Silenus, an old satyr and friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = Silenus, an old satyr and friend
1	Silenus	silenus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	satyr	satyr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Hermes, a messenger god and son of Zeus who carried the infant from the fire to the nymphs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:e1:o3:1
# text = Hermes, a messenger god and son of Zeus who carried the infant from the fire to the nymphs
1	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | a messenger god of Zeus and son | the infant | the nymphs | the fire |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent infant=Theme from fire=Initial\_Location to nymph=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Silenus, an aged satyr and son of Pan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = Silenus, an aged satyr and son of Pan
1	Silenus	silenus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	satyr	satyr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Pan	Pan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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