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title: Oi, why did Apollo smoke Niobe's kids? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, why did Apollo smoke Niobe's kids? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» 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 w
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# Test 12 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

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Oi, why did Apollo smoke Niobe's kids?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** smoke · **To what, where:** kids

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» 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/510-pg22381-part16/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t12:1
# text = Oi, why did Apollo smoke Niobe's kids?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	smoke	smoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Niobe	Niobe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smoke** | past · do-support | Oi | Niobe's kids |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent kid=Source |

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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 insulted his mum at the feast and bragged about her brood, massive mistake, bruv

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t12:o1:1
# text = She insulted his mum at the feast and bragged about her brood, massive mistake, bruv
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	insulted	insult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bragged	brag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	brood	brood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insult** | past | She | his mum |  | the feast |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mum=Experiencer |
| 2 | **brag** *speech: other* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about her brood and massive mistake and bruv | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about brood=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She dissed his mum and bragged about her kids, massive mistake, innit, and he flattened the lot

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t12:o2:1
# text = She dissed his mum and bragged about her kids, massive mistake, innit, and he flattened the lot
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dissed	dis	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bragged	brag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	flattened	flatten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dis** | past | She | his mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **brag** *speech: other* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about her kids | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about kid=Topic |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **flatten** | past | he | the lot |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She bragged about her kids, big mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t12:o3:1
# text = She bragged about her kids, big mistake
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bragged	brag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brag** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  | about her kids and big mistake | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about kid=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She dissed his mum and bragged, massive mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t12:o4:1
# text = She dissed his mum and bragged, massive mistake
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dissed	dis	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bragged	brag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dis** | past | She | his mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **brag** *speech: other* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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