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description: What object did the nymph Syrinx become, thereby causing the origin of the pipe? Exam question 2 of lesson 529 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is born strange, wins the gods' love, makes his pipe, and guards the shepherds» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 2 · Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is bor…

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What object did the nymph Syrinx become, thereby causing the origin of the pipe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, nymph · **What happens:** do, become, cause · **To what, where:** nymph, origin

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 529 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is born strange, wins the gods' love, makes his pipe, and guards the shepherds» 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/529-pg22381-part35/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e2:1
# text = What object did the nymph Syrinx become, thereby causing the origin of the pipe?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nymph	nymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	Syrinx	Syrinx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | object | the nymph |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present | the nymph *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **cause** | gerund | object *not said here* | the origin of the pipe |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition origin=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a reed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e2:o1:1
# text = a reed
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reed	reed	NOUN	NN	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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a golden flower on the riverbank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e2:o2:1
# text = a golden flower on the riverbank
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a bee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e2:o3:1
# text = a bee
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	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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a tall reed growing by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e2:o4:1
# text = a tall reed growing by the river
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reed	reed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund | a tall reed *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the river | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location |

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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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