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title: By what means did the Athenians attribute their victory at Marathon… — Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan,… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Athenians attribute their victory at Marathon to the god Pan? Exam question 3 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 th
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# Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is bor…

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By what means did the Athenians attribute their victory at Marathon to the god Pan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Athenians · **What happens:** mean, attribute · **To what, where:** victory, Marathon

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e3:1
# text = By what means did the Athenians attribute their victory at Marathon to the god Pan?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Athenians	Athenian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Marathon	Marathon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	god	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Pan	Pan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **attribute** | past · do-support | the Athenians | Athenians's victory |  | Marathon |  | to the god Pan | tree rules |

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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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the sudden flight of the Persian army across the plain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e3:o1:1
# text = the sudden flight of the Persian army across the plain
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Persian	Persian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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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the alarm among the Persians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e3:o2:1
# text = the alarm among the Persians
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Persians	Persian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a sudden storm that scattered the Persian ships at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e3:o3:1
# text = a sudden storm that scattered the Persian ships at sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Persian	persian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | past | a sudden storm | the Persian ships |  | sea |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: agent=Agent ship=Theme at sea=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the sudden fear of the army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:e3:o4:1
# text = the sudden fear of the army
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  |  | the army |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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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