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title: no way, was Tarquin's book deal a total scam? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and… · tree and pragmatics
description: no way, was Tarquin's book deal a total scam? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 511 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus loses Eurydice twice, then dies, and Apollo's worship is described» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 11 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus lo…

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no way, was Tarquin's book deal a total scam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** book · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 511 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus loses Eurydice twice, then dies, and Apollo's worship is described» 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/511-pg22381-part17/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t11:1
# text = no way, was Tarquin's book deal a total scam?
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	Tarquin	Tarquin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	deal	deal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	scam	scam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Tarquin's book |  |  |  |  | no way *obl:unmarked*; deal *property* | 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 {#o1}

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the Sibyl was never seen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t11:o1:1
# text = the Sibyl was never seen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sibyl	Sibyl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past · passive |  | the Sibyl |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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no, she sold them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t11:o2:1
# text = no, she sold them
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | she | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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

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the Sibyl burned books and came back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t11:o3:1
# text = the Sibyl burned books and came back
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sibyl	Sibyl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | the Sibyl | books |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
| 2 | **come back** | past | the Sibyl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the books were sold to Tarquin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t11:o4:1
# text = the books were sold to Tarquin
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Tarquin	Tarquin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past · passive |  | the books | Tarquin |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to tarquin=Recipient |

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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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