--- title: By what means did the heifer indicate the site of the future city? — Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadm… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the heifer indicate the site of the future city? Exam question 3 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 pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/534-pg22381-part40/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Ca… By what means did the heifer indicate the site of the future city? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** heifer · **What happens:** mean, indicate · **To what, where:** site This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e3:1 # text = By what means did the heifer indicate the site of the future city? 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=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 indicate indicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **indicate** | past · do-support | the heifer | the site of the future city | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot site=Topic | 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 {#o1} by lying still ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e3:o1:1 # text = by lying still 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | gerund | | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} by sleeping by the spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e3:o2:1 # text = by sleeping by the spring 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | spring | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} by walking to the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e3:o3:1 # text = by walking to the river 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | | | | | | to the river *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to river=Result | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} by lying down in the grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:e3:o4:1 # text = by lying down in the grass 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie down** | gerund | | | | the grass | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location | **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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