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title: Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Minyan attack… — Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Minyan attack on Thebes? Exam question 1 of lesson 542 «Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, and the first labours» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, an…

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Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Minyan attack on Thebes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 542 «Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, and the first labours» 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/542-pg22381-part48/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:e1:1
# text = Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Minyan attack on Thebes?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Minyan	Minyan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the immediate cause; of the Minyan attack on Thebes | tree rules |

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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 refusal to pay the tribute of oxen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:e1:o1:1
# text = the refusal to pay the tribute of oxen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | to-infinitive |  | the tribute of oxen |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribute=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the king's refusal of tribute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:e1:o2:1
# text = the king's refusal of tribute
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** |  | the king | tribute |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Heracles' attack on the Minyan royal house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:e1:o3:1
# text = Heracles' attack on the Minyan royal house
1	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Minyan	Minyan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** |  | Heracles |  |  | the Minyan royal house |  |  | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent on=place |

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

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the mutilation of the heralds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:e1:o4:1
# text = the mutilation of the heralds
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mutilation	mutilation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	heralds	herald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mutilate** |  |  | the heralds |  |  |  |  | nom mutilation «event transitive»: of=patient |

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