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# Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

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Explain the traditional significance of the two faces of Janus as recorded in the text.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** explain, record · **To what, where:** traditional significance, text

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e4:1
# text = Explain the traditional significance of the two faces of Janus as recorded in the text.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	traditional	traditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Janus	Janus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the traditional significance of the two faces of Janus |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic |
| 2 | **record** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | the text |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination |

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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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past and future looking in opposite directions, representing the beginning and end of every journey through the year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e4:o1:1
# text = past and future looking in opposite directions, representing the beginning and end of every journey through the year
1	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	compound	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	representing	represent	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	through	through	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in opposite directions | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in direction=Theme |
| 2 | **represent** | gerund |  | the beginning and end of every journey |  |  | year |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beginning=Theme |

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

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past and future looking in opposite directions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e4:o2:1
# text = past and future looking in opposite directions
1	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	compound	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in opposite directions | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in direction=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the god of gates, facing east and west

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e4:o3:1
# text = the god of gates, facing east and west
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	east	east	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	west	west	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | east *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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watching both sides of the year at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:e4:o4:1
# text = watching both sides of the year at once
1	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | both sides of the year |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |

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