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title: By what designation were the Furies known when propitiation was soug… — Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what designation were the Furies known when propitiation was sought? Exam question 3 of lesson 523 «Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, part 29: the Furies, Fates, Nemesis and the cave of Sleep, with their homes and jobs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, part 29: the Furies,…

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By what designation were the Furies known when propitiation was sought?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, seek · **To what, where:** Furies

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 523 «Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, part 29: the Furies, Fates, Nemesis and the cave of Sleep, with their homes and jobs» 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/523-pg22381-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:e3:1
# text = By what designation were the Furies known when propitiation was sought?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Furies	fury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	aux	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	propitiation	propitiation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	sought	seek	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Furies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seek** | participle · passive |  | the Furies |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: 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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Erinyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = Erinyes
1	Erinyes	Erinyes	PROPN	NNP	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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Hesperides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = Hesperides
1	Hesperides	hesperid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Eumenides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = Eumenides
1	Eumenides	Eumenides	PROPN	NNP	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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Erinnyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = Erinnyes
1	Erinnyes	erinnye	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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