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title: so what was the prize at the first Pythian games? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what was the prize at the first Pythian games? Test 9 · ★ 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 questio
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# Test 9 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus lo…

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so what was the prize at the first Pythian games?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** prize, first Pythian games

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t9:1
# text = so what was the prize at the first Pythian games?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
9	Pythian	pythian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the prize |  | the first Pythian games |  |  | 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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olive oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t9:o1:1
# text = olive oil
1	olive	olive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t9:o2:1
# text = a horse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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gold or silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t9:o3:1
# text = gold or silver
1	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a bronze tripod and a wreath of bay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:511-pg22381-part17:t9:o4:1
# text = a bronze tripod and a wreath of bay
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tripod	tripod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wreath	wreath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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