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description: To what city did the Argive host, after the death of the infant, proceed in order to lay siege? Exam question 2 of lesson 550 «Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part 56: the Argives fight for Thebes and the heroes die» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

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To what city did the Argive host, after the death of the infant, proceed in order to lay siege?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** city, you · **What happens:** do, proceed, lay · **To what, where:** Argive host, siege

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 550 «Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part 56: the Argives fight for Thebes and the heroes die» 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/550-pg22381-part56/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:e2:1
# text = To what city did the Argive host, after the death of the infant, proceed in order to lay siege?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
3	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Argive	argive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	20	mark	_	_
18	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	fixed	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
21	siege	siege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | city | the Argive host |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Eventuality |
| 2 | **proceed** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lay** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | siege |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent siege=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Thebes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:e2:o1:1
# text = Thebes
1	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The city of Cadmus on the Ismenus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:e2:o2:1
# text = The city of Cadmus on the Ismenus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Ismenus	Ismenus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Back to Argos through Nemea and Lerna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:e2:o3:1
# text = Back to Argos through Nemea and Lerna
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Argos	Argos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Nemea	Nemea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Lerna	Lerna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Corinth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:e2:o4:1
# text = Corinth
1	Corinth	corinth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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