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title: Real talk, why did Persephone have to stay below? — Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, why did Persephone have to stay below? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 11 · ★ · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

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Real talk, why did Persephone have to stay below?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Persephone · **What happens:** have, stay

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» 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/505-pg22381-part11/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t11:1
# text = Real talk, why did Persephone have to stay below?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	below	below	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past · do-support | Persephone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | Persephone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | below *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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she had eaten bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t11:o1:1
# text = she had eaten bread
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | she | bread |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she had broken a sacred vow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t11:o2:1
# text = she had broken a sacred vow
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · perfect | she | a sacred vow |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vow=Patient |

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

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she had eaten pomegranate seeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t11:o3:1
# text = she had eaten pomegranate seeds
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	pomegranate	pomegranate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | she | pomegranate seeds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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she had eaten an apple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t11:o4:1
# text = she had eaten an apple
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | she | a apple |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=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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