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description: State the number of distinct forms which Vertumnus assumed in his pursuit of Pomona. Exam question 3 of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» of the books course of Mova's p
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# Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

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State the number of distinct forms which Vertumnus assumed in his pursuit of Pomona.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, distinct forms, Vertumnus · **What happens:** state, assume, pursue · **To what, where:** number, pursuit, Pomona

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» 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/530-pg22381-part36/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e3:1
# text = State the number of distinct forms which Vertumnus assumed in his pursuit of Pomona.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	Vertumnus	Vertumnus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	assumed	assume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Pomona	Pomona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of distinct forms |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **assume** | past | distinct forms |  |  | Vertumnus's pursuit of Pomona |  |  | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pursue** |  | Vertumnus | Pomona |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent of=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 {#o1}

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seven forms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e3:o1:1
# text = seven forms
1	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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five forms, including a bee, a farmer, an old woman, a soldier and a youth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e3:o2:1
# text = five forms, including a bee, a farmer, an old woman, a soldier and a youth
1	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	including	including	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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five different forms of disguise, each more clever than the last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e3:o3:1
# text = five different forms of disguise, each more clever than the last
1	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** |  |  | disguise |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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five forms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e3:o4:1
# text = five forms
1	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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