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description: so what did the generals decide, did they sacrifice Iphigenia? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Test 12 · ★ · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

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so what did the generals decide, did they sacrifice Iphigenia?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** generals · **What happens:** do, decide, sacrifice · **To what, where:** Iphigenia

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» 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/513-pg22381-part19/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t12:1
# text = so what did the generals decide, did they sacrifice Iphigenia?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	generals	general	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	Iphigenia	Iphigenia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** | present | the generals |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sacrifice** | past · do-support | generals *= general* | Iphigenia |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent iphigenia=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they said the state mattered more than feelings, so yeah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t12:o1:1
# text = they said the state mattered more than feelings, so yeah
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mattered	matter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **matter** | past | the state |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, Agamemnon refused, and the generals agreed to wait at Aulis until spring came round again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t12:o2:1
# text = no, Agamemnon refused, and the generals agreed to wait at Aulis until spring came round again
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	generals	general	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Aulis	Aulis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
17	round	round	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | Agamemnon |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the generals |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the generals *not said here* |  |  | Aulis |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at aulis=Location |
| 4 | **come round** | past | spring |  |  |  | again | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, they decided to send her home safely to Mycenae in secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t12:o3:1
# text = no, they decided to send her home safely to Mycenae in secret
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Mycenae	Mycenae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | her home | Mycenae | secret |  | safely *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to mycenae=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, but they hid it from Achilles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:t12:o4:1
# text = yeah, but they hid it from Achilles
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | they | it |  | Achilles |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from achilles=Beneficiary |

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