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title: bruh why did Orpheus go down to Hades, was it lowkey a rescue mission? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh why did Orpheus go down to Hades, was it lowkey a rescue mission? Test 2 · ★ 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 prag
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# Test 2 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus lo…

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bruh why did Orpheus go down to Hades, was it lowkey a rescue mission?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Orpheus, it · **What happens:** go down, be · **To what, where:** Hades

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t2:1
# text = bruh why did Orpheus go down to Hades, was it lowkey a rescue mission?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Orpheus	Orpheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hades	Hade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lowkey	lowkey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	mission	mission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | past · do-support | Orpheus |  | Hades |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | lowkey *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to get his wife back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t2:o1:1
# text = to get his wife back
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | to-infinitive |  | his wife |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to ask Hades to release his mother from the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t2:o2:1
# text = to ask Hades to release his mother from the dead
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hades	Hade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  | Hades |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent hade=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **release** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | his mother |  | the dead |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer mother=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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to visit the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t2:o3:1
# text = to visit the dead
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | to-infinitive |  | the dead |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to flee the Thracians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t2:o4:1
# text = to flee the Thracians
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	flee	flee	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Thracians	Thracian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | to-infinitive |  | the Thracians |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thracian=Initial\_Location |

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