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title: Under what circumstances was Medusa transformed by the goddess Athene? — Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae… · tree and pragmatics
description: Under what circumstances was Medusa transformed by the goddess Athene? Exam question 2 of lesson 524 «Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche, part 30: Medusa's curse, Perseus, the Sphinx's riddle and Fortune's wheel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 2 · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,…

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Under what circumstances was Medusa transformed by the goddess Athene?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, transform · **To what, where:** Medusa, circumstances

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 524 «Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche, part 30: Medusa's curse, Perseus, the Sphinx's riddle and Fortune's wheel» 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/524-pg22381-part30/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e2:1
# text = Under what circumstances was Medusa transformed by the goddess Athene?
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Medusa	Medusa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	Athene	Athene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Medusa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **transform** | participle |  | circumstances *not said here* |  |  |  | by the goddess | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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after a dispute with Zeus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = after a dispute with Zeus
1	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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after she broke her vow of celibacy with Poseidon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = after she broke her vow of celibacy with Poseidon
1	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	celibacy	celibacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | she | her vow of celibacy |  |  |  | with Poseidon | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent vow=Patient with poseidon=Instrument |
| 2 | **vow** |  | her *= she* | celibacy |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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after she lost a contest with Athene at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = after she lost a contest with Athene at dawn
1	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Athene	Athene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | she | a contest |  |  | dawn | with Athene | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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after she broke her vows with a mortal man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = after she broke her vows with a mortal man
1	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	vows	vow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	mortal	mortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | she | her vows |  |  |  | with a mortal man | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent vow=Patient with man=Instrument |
| 2 | **vow** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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