--- title: What was the principal consequence of Cadmus's slaying of the dragon? — Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadm… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal consequence of Cadmus's slaying of the dragon? Exam question 2 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 dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/534-pg22381-part40/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Ca… What was the principal consequence of Cadmus's slaying of the dragon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cadmus · **What happens:** be, slay · **To what, where:** principal consequence, dragon This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e2:1 # text = What was the principal consequence of Cadmus's slaying of the dragon? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 slaying slaying NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal consequence | | | | of Cadmus's slaying of the dragon | tree rules | | 2 | **slay** | | Cadmus | the dragon | | | | | nom slaying «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 loss of his men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e2:o1:1 # text = the loss of his men 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the slaying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e2:o2:1 # text = the slaying 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 slaying slaying NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the founding of Thebes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e2:o3:1 # text = the founding of Thebes 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 founding founding NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Thebes thebe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **found** | | | Thebes | | | | | nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the sowing of its teeth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e2:o4:1 # text = the sowing of its teeth 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sowing sowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 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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