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title: Is the crowd at Iolchos just chilling or is something proper going on? — A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is the crowd at Iolchos just chilling or is something proper going on? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2077 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason carries an old woman across a river and loses a sandal» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 7 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason…

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Is the crowd at Iolchos just chilling or is something proper going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crowd · **What happens:** be, chill, go on · **To what, where:** crowd, Iolchos, something

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2077 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason carries an old woman across a river and loses a sandal» 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/2077-pg976-part36/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t7:1
# text = Is the crowd at Iolchos just chilling or is something proper going on?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Iolchos	Iolchos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the crowd |  | Iolchos |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chill** | gerund | the crowd *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «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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They are cheering for a chariot race today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t7:o1:1
# text = They are cheering for a chariot race today
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cheering	cheer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  | today | for a chariot race | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are waiting for a grand festival dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t7:o2:1
# text = They are waiting for a grand festival dinner
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | for a grand festival dinner | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They are watching a black bull sacrifice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t7:o3:1
# text = They are watching a black bull sacrifice
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | present · progressive | They | a black bull sacrifice |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are watching King Pelias make a black bull sacrifice to Neptune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t7:o4:1
# text = They are watching King Pelias make a black bull sacrifice to Neptune
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Pelias	Pelias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Neptune	Neptune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | present · progressive | They | King Pelias |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | infinitive | King Pelias *not said here* | a black bull sacrifice |  |  |  | to Neptune | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sacrifice=Product |

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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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