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title: To what extent did the sphere of action of the Furies extend beyond… — Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what extent did the sphere of action of the Furies extend beyond the realm of shades? Exam question 3 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 pragmati
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# Exam question 3 · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

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To what extent did the sphere of action of the Furies extend beyond the realm of shades?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** extent, sphere, Furies · **What happens:** do, extend, act · **To what, where:** realm

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e3:1
# text = To what extent did the sphere of action of the Furies extend beyond the realm of shades?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sphere	sphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Furies	fury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	extend	extend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	shades	shade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | extent |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **extend** | present | the sphere of action of the Furies |  |  | the realm of shades |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond realm=Location |
| 3 | **act** |  | the Furies |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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They hunted murderers on earth and in the sea, and even among the gods of Olympus themselves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e3:o1:1
# text = They hunted murderers on earth and in the sea, and even among the gods of Olympus themselves
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	murderers	murderer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	among	among	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past | They | murderers |  | earth and the sea |  | among the gods of Olympus; gods *= god* *obl* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent murderer=Theme on earth=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They hunted the guilty across the earth's surface

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e3:o2:1
# text = They hunted the guilty across the earth's surface
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guilty	guilty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past | They | the guilty |  | the earth's surface |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guilty=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They pursued and punished murderers upon the earth, and also drove the wicked mad inside the underworld's gates

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e3:o3:1
# text = They pursued and punished murderers upon the earth, and also drove the wicked mad inside the underworld's gates
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	punished	punish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	murderers	murderer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	underworld	underworld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **punish** | past | They *not said here* | murderers |  |  |  | upon the earth | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murderer=Patient |
| 3 | **drive** | past | They *not said here* |  |  | the underworld's gates |  | mad *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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

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They pursued and punished murderers upon the earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:e3:o4:1
# text = They pursued and punished murderers upon the earth
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	punished	punish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	murderers	murderer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **punish** | past | They *not said here* | murderers |  |  |  | upon the earth | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murderer=Patient |

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