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description: According to the passage, which judge pronounced sentence upon the shades after their confession? Exam question 4 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 depe
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# Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead,…

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According to the passage, which judge pronounced sentence upon the shades after their confession?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge, shades · **What happens:** accord, pronounce, confess · **To what, where:** sentence

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e4:1
# text = According to the passage, which judge pronounced sentence upon the shades after their confession?
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	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shades	shade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **pronounce** | past | which judge | sentence |  |  | after shades's confession | upon the shades | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme |
| 3 | **confess** |  | shades *= shade* |  |  |  |  |  | nom confession «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cronus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e4:o1:1
# text = Cronus
1	Cronus	cronus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Aeacus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e4:o2:1
# text = Aeacus
1	Aeacus	Aeacus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Minos, son of Zeus and Europa, the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e4:o3:1
# text = Minos, son of Zeus and Europa, the king
1	Minos	mino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Minos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:e4:o4:1
# text = Minos
1	Minos	mino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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