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title: What principal function is assigned to Iris in the passage? — Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Lov… · tree and pragmatics
description: What principal function is assigned to Iris in the passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 526 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32: Hymen's rescue, Iris, Hebe, Ganymedes and the Muses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 4 · Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32…

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What principal function is assigned to Iris in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** assign · **To what, where:** principal function, Iris, passage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 526 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32: Hymen's rescue, Iris, Hebe, Ganymedes and the Muses» 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/526-pg22381-part32/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e4:1
# text = What principal function is assigned to Iris in the passage?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Iris	Iris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | present · passive |  | principal function | Iris | the passage |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal what=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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messenger of the sky father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e4:o1:1
# text = messenger of the sky father
1	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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messenger of the queen of heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e4:o2:1
# text = messenger of the queen of heaven
1	messenger	messenger	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	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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messenger of the queen of heaven and bearer of the rainbow bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e4:o3:1
# text = messenger of the queen of heaven and bearer of the rainbow bridge
1	messenger	messenger	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	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the goddess of the storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e4:o4:1
# text = the goddess of the storm
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goddess	goddess	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	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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