--- title: Which deity was consulted at Delphi, according to the account of the… — Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadm… · tree and pragmatics description: Which deity was consulted at Delphi, according to the account of the founding of Thebes? Exam question 1 of lesson 534 «Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Cadmus follows a heifer, kills a dragon and sows its teeth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/534-pg22381-part40/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/534-pg22381-part40/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Ca… Which deity was consulted at Delphi, according to the account of the founding of Thebes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** consult, accord, account, found · **To what, where:** deity, Delphi, founding, Thebes This is exam question 1 of lesson 534 «Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Cadmus follows a heifer, kills a dragon and sows its teeth» 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/534-pg22381-part40/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e1:1 # text = Which deity was consulted at Delphi, according to the account of the founding of Thebes? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 consulted consult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Delphi Delphi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 founding founding NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Thebes thebe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consult** | past · passive | | which deity | | Delphi | | accord the account of the founding of Thebes | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **account** | | | the founding of Thebes | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **found** | | | Thebes | | | | | nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} the Pythian god of prophecy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e1:o1:1 # text = the Pythian god of prophecy 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Pythian pythian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 prophecy prophecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Hermes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e1:o2:1 # text = Hermes 1 Hermes Hermes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Apollo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e1:o3:1 # text = Apollo 1 Apollo Apollo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Poseidon, god of earthquakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e1:o4:1 # text = Poseidon, god of earthquakes 1 Poseidon poseidon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 earthquakes earthquake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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