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title: Which of the following accurately identifies the individual upon who… — Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately identifies the individual upon whom Ion initially directed his accusation? Exam question 4 of lesson 536 «Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a son found again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a s…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the individual upon whom Ion initially directed his accusation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ion · **What happens:** follow, identify, direct, accuse · **To what, where:** individual, accusation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 536 «Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a son found again» 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/536-pg22381-part42/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the individual upon whom Ion initially directed his accusation?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nmod	_	_
11	Ion	Ion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	initially	initially	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	directed	direct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	accusation	accusation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the individual |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent individual=Theme |
| 3 | **direct** | past | Ion | Ion's accusation |  |  |  | initially *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent accusation=Eventuality |
| 4 | **accuse** |  | Ion |  |  |  |  |  | nom accusation «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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The servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:e4:o1:1
# text = The servant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The obsequious servant of Creusa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:e4:o2:1
# text = The obsequious servant of Creusa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	obsequious	obsequious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Creusa	Creusa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The jealous wife of Xuthus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:e4:o3:1
# text = The jealous wife of Xuthus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Xuthus	Xuthus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The loyal priestess of Delphi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:e4:o4:1
# text = The loyal priestess of Delphi
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	priestess	priestess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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