--- title: What penalty did Eteocles impose upon his brother Polynices? — Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the trut… · tree and pragmatics description: What penalty did Eteocles impose upon his brother Polynices? Exam question 4 of lesson 549 «Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the sons quarrel over Thebes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/549-pg22381-part55/e4/) [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/) / [Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the trut…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/549-pg22381-part55/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the… What penalty did Eteocles impose upon his brother Polynices? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Eteocles · **What happens:** impose This is exam question 4 of lesson 549 «Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the sons quarrel over Thebes» 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/549-pg22381-part55/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e4:1 # text = What penalty did Eteocles impose upon his brother Polynices? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obl _ _ 2 penalty penalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Eteocles Eteocles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 impose impose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Polynices polynice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **impose** | past · do-support | Eteocles | | | | | upon Eteocles's brother Polynices | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} removal from the royal court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e4:o1:1 # text = removal from the royal court 1 removal removal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a fine paid in silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e4:o2:1 # text = a fine paid in silver 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fine fine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | participle | | a fine *not said here* | | silver | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} a sentence of lifelong exile ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e4:o3:1 # text = a sentence of lifelong exile 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 lifelong lifelong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 exile exile NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sentence** | | | lifelong exile | | | | | nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} expulsion from the throne ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e4:o4:1 # text = expulsion from the throne 1 expulsion expulsion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 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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