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title: yo why did the Greeks think Delphi was the middle of the world? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo why did the Greeks think Delphi was the middle of the world? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus lo…

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yo why did the Greeks think Delphi was the middle of the world?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo, Greeks, Delphi · **What happens:** do, think, be · **To what, where:** middle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t8:1
# text = yo why did the Greeks think Delphi was the middle of the world?
1	yo	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | yo |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the Greeks |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | Delphi | the middle |  |  |  | of the world | 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 {#o1}

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Zeus released two eagles that met over the stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t8:o1:1
# text = Zeus released two eagles that met over the stone
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	released	release	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past | Zeus | two eagles |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer eagle=Source |
| 2 | **meet** | past | two eagles |  |  | the stone |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Muses sang there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t8:o2:1
# text = the Muses sang there
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Muses	muse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the Muses |  |  | there |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the sacred snake appeared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t8:o3:1
# text = the sacred snake appeared
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | the sacred snake |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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two eagles from Zeus met there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t8:o4:1
# text = two eagles from Zeus met there
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | two eagles from Zeus |  |  | there |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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