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title: How long was Poseidon grounded for joining the plot, then? — Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon,… · tree and pragmatics
description: How long was Poseidon grounded for joining the plot, then? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace is described» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 11 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

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How long was Poseidon grounded for joining the plot, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ground, join · **To what, where:** Poseidon, plot

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace 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/515-pg22381-part21/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t11:1
# text = How long was Poseidon grounded for joining the plot, then?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grounded	ground	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	joining	join	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | past · passive |  | Poseidon |  |  |  | long *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **join** | gerund |  | the plot |  |  | then |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plot=Patient |

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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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A whole year, chained in the mountains beneath Etna with no food, water, or the company of other gods

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t11:o1:1
# text = A whole year, chained in the mountains beneath Etna with no food, water, or the company of other gods
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	chained	chain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Etna	Etna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain** | participle · passive |  | a whole year |  | the mountains |  | beneath Etna; with no food and water; the company of other gods *obl* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with food=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A whole year without the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t11:o2:1
# text = A whole year without the sea
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Forced to serve as a slave in Troy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t11:o3:1
# text = Forced to serve as a slave in Troy
1	Forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as a slave in Troy | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as slave=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chained in a cave for some months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t11:o4:1
# text = Chained in a cave for some months
1	Chained	chain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain** | participle |  |  |  | a cave | month |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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