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title: what did the Giants actually do, like proof? — Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea,… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the Giants actually do, like proof? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 496 «Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates his fierce children, the Giants.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 11 · ★ · Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates…

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what did the Giants actually do, like proof?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Giants · **What happens:** do

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 496 «Classical Mythology, Uranus and Gaea, part 2: Uranus hates his fierce children, the Giants.» 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/496-pg22381-part2/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:t11:1
# text = what did the Giants actually do, like proof?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Giants	Giant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the Giants |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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shake the universe and cause earthquakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:t11:o1:1
# text = shake the universe and cause earthquakes
1	shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	universe	universe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | the universe and cause earthquakes |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent universe=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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lift mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:t11:o2:1
# text = lift mountains
1	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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scatter the stars across the night sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:t11:o3:1
# text = scatter the stars across the night sky
1	scatter	scatter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stars |  | the night sky |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent star=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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drown the islands and flood the rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:496-pg22381-part2:t11:o4:1
# text = drown the islands and flood the rivers
1	drown	drown	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	flood	flood	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | imperative | you *not said here* | the islands |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Patient |
| 2 | **flood** | present | you *not said here* | the rivers |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent river=Patient |

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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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