--- title: Was Metra a shapeshifter or what, yeah? — Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphro… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Metra a shapeshifter or what, yeah? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 506 «Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from the sea, and Adonis's sad fate» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/506-pg22381-part12/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/506-pg22381-part12/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from th… Was Metra a shapeshifter or what, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Metra This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 506 «Greek Myths, Aphrodite, part 12: Aphrodite is born from the sea, and Adonis's sad fate» 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/506-pg22381-part12/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:t3:1 # text = Was Metra a shapeshifter or what, yeah? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 2 Metra Metra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shapeshifter shapeshifter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Metra | | | | | tree rules | 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} she could change into any beast she desired at will ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:t3:o1:1 # text = she could change into any beast she desired at will 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | could | she | | | | | into any beast *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into beast=Result | | 2 | **desire** | past | she | any beast *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot beast=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} she turned herself into many animals to escape her master's hunger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:t3:o2:1 # text = she turned herself into many animals to escape her master's hunger 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | she | herself *= she* | | | | into many animals *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into animal=Result | | 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | her master's hunger | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hunger=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **hunger** | | her master | | | | | | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} she prayed to the gods for help ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:t3:o3:1 # text = she prayed to the gods for help 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | she | | | | | to the gods; for help | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for help=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} she turned into different animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:506-pg22381-part12:t3:o4:1 # text = she turned into different animals 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | she | | | | | into different animals *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into animal=Result | **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. 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