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title: Upon what grounds was Ixion condemned to be bound to an ever-revolvi… — Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds was Ixion condemned to be bound to an ever-revolving wheel? Exam question 2 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 q
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# Exam question 2 · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

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Upon what grounds was Ixion condemned to be bound to an ever-revolving wheel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grounds · **What happens:** be, condemn, bind, revolve · **To what, where:** Ixion

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds was Ixion condemned to be bound to an ever-revolving wheel?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Ixion	Ixion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	revolving	revolve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Ixion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **condemn** | past | grounds |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **bind** | to-infinitive · passive | grounds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a revolving wheel | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: to wheel=Co-Patient |
| 4 | **revolve** | gerund |  |  |  |  | ever |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Presumptuous courtship of the queen Hera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = Presumptuous courtship of the queen Hera
1	Presumptuous	presumptuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	courtship	courtship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Treacherous plotting against Olympus and Zeus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = Treacherous plotting against Olympus and Zeus
1	Treacherous	Treacherous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	plotting	plot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plot** | gerund | Treacherous |  |  |  |  | against Olympus and Zeus | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera, whom he even tried to seduce by force

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera, whom he even tried to seduce by force
1	Presumptuous	presumptuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	seduce	seduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seduce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by force | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pursue** |  |  | the favour of Hera |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **favour** |  |  | Hera |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = Presumptuous pursuit of the favour of Hera
1	Presumptuous	presumptuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** |  |  | the favour of Hera |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **favour** |  |  | Hera |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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