--- title: Dude, what was Gaea's oracle actually for? — Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo f… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, what was Gaea's oracle actually for? Test 10 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/t10/) [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, Apollo, part 15: Apollo f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his… Dude, what was Gaea's oracle actually for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** oracle This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t10:1 # text = Dude, what was Gaea's oracle actually for? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 Gaea Gaea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 oracle oracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 8 actually actually ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Dude | Gaea's oracle | | | | | 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} Keeping the sacred flame ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t10:o1:1 # text = Keeping the sacred flame 1 Keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | gerund | | the sacred flame | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Healing the sick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t10:o2:1 # text = Healing the sick 1 Healing heal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heal** | gerund | | the sick | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sick=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Guarding the gods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t10:o3:1 # text = Guarding the gods 1 Guarding guard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | gerund | | | the gods | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Telling the future to people ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:509-pg22381-part15:t10:o4:1 # text = Telling the future to people 1 Telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the future | people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent future=Topic to people=Recipient | **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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