--- title: According to the passage, by which river did the shades have to be f… — Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and th… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the passage, by which river did the shades have to be ferried before entering the realm of the dead? Exam question 2 of lesson 521 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead, part 27: Midas's gold river, then Dionysus and Aides» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/521-pg22381-part27/e2/) [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/) / [Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/521-pg22381-part27/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead,… According to the passage, by which river did the shades have to be ferried before entering the realm of the dead? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** river, shades · **What happens:** accord, do, have, ferry, enter · **To what, where:** realm This is exam question 2 of lesson 521 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead, part 27: Midas's gold river, then Dionysus and Aides» 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/521-pg22381-part27/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e2:1 # text = According to the passage, by which river did the shades have to be ferried before entering the realm of the dead? 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 8 det _ _ 8 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shades shade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 ferried ferry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ _ 16 before before SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 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 | **do** | past | which river | | | | | accord the passage | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | the shades | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ferry** | to-infinitive · passive | the shades *not said here* | | | | | | vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP.theme V» | | 5 | **enter** | gerund | the shades *not said here* | the realm of the dead | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme realm=Destination | 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} the flaming river Phlegethon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e2:o1:1 # text = the flaming river Phlegethon 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 flaming flaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 Phlegethon Phlegethon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the river Acheron of sorrows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e2:o2:1 # text = the river Acheron of sorrows 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Acheron Acheron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sorrows sorrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Acheron ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e2:o3:1 # text = Acheron 1 Acheron Acheron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the Styx ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e2:o4:1 # text = the Styx 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Styx Styx PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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