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title: Which attribute of Tyche was symbolised by the infant Plutus held in… — Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which attribute of Tyche was symbolised by the infant Plutus held in her arms at Thebes? Exam question 4 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, w
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# Exam question 4 · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,…

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Which attribute of Tyche was symbolised by the infant Plutus held in her arms at Thebes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** infant Plutus · **What happens:** symbolis, hold · **To what, where:** attribute, arms

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e4:1
# text = Which attribute of Tyche was symbolised by the infant Plutus held in her arms at Thebes?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Tyche	Tyche	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	symbolised	symbolis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Plutus	Plutus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **symbolis** | past · passive |  | which attribute of Tyche |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | past | the infant Plutus |  |  | Plutus's arms |  | at Thebes | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arm=Location |

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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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power over riches, prosperity and the fortunes of cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e4:o1:1
# text = power over riches, prosperity and the fortunes of cities
1	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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power over riches and prosperity, shown with a child in arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e4:o2:1
# text = power over riches and prosperity, shown with a child in arms
1	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | participle · passive |  | power over riches and prosperity |  |  |  | with a child; in arms | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in arm=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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control of the harvest and crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e4:o3:1
# text = control of the harvest and crops
1	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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power over riches and prosperity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:e4:o4:1
# text = power over riches and prosperity
1	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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