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description: In the text, which coin was customarily placed beneath the tongue of the deceased? Exam question 3 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, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead,…

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In the text, which coin was customarily placed beneath the tongue of the deceased?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** place, decease · **To what, where:** coin, text, tongue

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e3:1
# text = In the text, which coin was customarily placed beneath the tongue of the deceased?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past · passive |  | which coin |  | the text |  | beneath the tongue; customarily *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in text=Destination |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  | the tongue *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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a small silver coin of Athens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = a small silver coin of Athens
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coin** |  |  | Athens |  |  |  |  | nom coin «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a bronze coin stamped with an owl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = a bronze coin stamped with an owl
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stamp** | participle |  | a bronze coin *not said here* |  |  |  | with a owl | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with owl=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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an obolus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = an obolus
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	obolus	obolus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a talent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = a talent
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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