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title: wait, who's Ulysses supposed to be? — Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, who's Ulysses supposed to be? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…

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wait, who's Ulysses supposed to be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, suppose, be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/2061-pg976-part20/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t7:1
# text = wait, who's Ulysses supposed to be?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **suppose** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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a prince from Crete

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t7:o1:1
# text = a prince from Crete
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Crete	Crete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a king who ruled the sea and sank many ships at Troy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t7:o2:1
# text = a king who ruled the sea and sank many ships at Troy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
8	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | a king | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme |
| 2 | **sink** | past | a king | many ships |  | Troy |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ship=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a poet who sang of Troy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t7:o3:1
# text = a poet who sang of Troy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | a poet |  |  |  |  | of Troy | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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a king who fought at Troy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t7:o4:1
# text = a king who fought at Troy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | a king |  |  | Troy |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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