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title: Which punishment was imposed upon Sisyphus by the authority of Zeus? — Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which punishment was imposed upon Sisyphus by the authority of Zeus? Exam question 1 of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 1 · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

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Which punishment was imposed upon Sisyphus by the authority of Zeus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** authority · **What happens:** impose · **To what, where:** punishment

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» 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/522-pg22381-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e1:1
# text = Which punishment was imposed upon Sisyphus by the authority of Zeus?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sisyphus	Sisyphus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | past · passive | the authority of Zeus | which punishment |  |  |  | upon Sisyphus | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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Perpetual hauling of an immense block of stone across a river of fire to the summit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = Perpetual hauling of an immense block of stone across a river of fire to the summit
1	Perpetual	perpetual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hauling	hauling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	immense	immense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	summit	summit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** |  |  | a immense block of stone across a river of fire |  |  |  | to the summit | nom hauling «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ceaseless hauling of a heavy stone up a mountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = Ceaseless hauling of a heavy stone up a mountain
1	Ceaseless	ceaseless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hauling	hauling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** |  |  | a heavy stone |  |  |  |  | nom hauling «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Perpetual rolling of a huge stone up a steep hill that always falls back down again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = Perpetual rolling of a huge stone up a steep hill that always falls back down again
1	Perpetual	perpetual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rolling	rolling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall back** | present | a steep hill |  |  |  | again | always, down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **roll** |  | a huge stone up a steep hill |  |  |  |  |  | nom rolling «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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Perpetual rolling of a block of stone up a steep hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = Perpetual rolling of a block of stone up a steep hill
1	Perpetual	perpetual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rolling	rolling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** |  | a block of stone up a steep hill |  |  |  |  |  | nom rolling «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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