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title: Yo, so who even was this Python snake dude? — Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo f… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, so who even was this Python snake dude? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 509 «Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his love affairs go wrong» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his…

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Yo, so who even was this Python snake dude?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Python snake dude

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 509 «Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his love affairs go wrong» 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/509-pg22381-part15/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t1:1
# text = Yo, so who even was this Python snake dude?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
8	Python	Python	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Python snake dude |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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A giant serpent guarding the oracle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t1:o1:1
# text = A giant serpent guarding the oracle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	guarding	guard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | gerund | a giant serpent *not said here* |  | the oracle |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oracle=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A monster that ate the sailors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t1:o2:1
# text = A monster that ate the sailors
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	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	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | a monster | the sailors |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bull-headed beast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t1:o3:1
# text = A bull-headed beast
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	headed	head	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **head** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A three-headed hound at the gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t1:o4:1
# text = A three-headed hound at the gates
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	headed	headed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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