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title: In which place did the murder of Absyrtus take place? — Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Flee… · tree and pragmatics
description: In which place did the murder of Absyrtus take place? Exam question 1 of lesson 539 «Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the field of Ares, the Fleece and a murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 1 · Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the fie…

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In which place did the murder of Absyrtus take place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** place · **What happens:** do, take, murder · **To what, where:** murder, place, Absyrtus

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 539 «Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the field of Ares, the Fleece and a murder» 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/539-pg22381-part45/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:e1:1
# text = In which place did the murder of Absyrtus take place?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Absyrtus	Absyrtus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which place | the murder of Absyrtus |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murder=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive |  | place |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 3 | **murder** |  |  | Absyrtus |  |  |  |  | nom murder «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Inside the temple of Hecate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:e1:o1:1
# text = Inside the temple of Hecate
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Hecate	Hecate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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In the grove of Ares

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:e1:o2:1
# text = In the grove of Ares
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Ares	ar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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At the altar of Hera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:e1:o3:1
# text = At the altar of Hera
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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In the temple of Artemis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:e1:o4:1
# text = In the temple of Artemis
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Artemis	Artemis	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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