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title: Mate, why did Aphrodite keep laughing at her hubby's wobbly walk? — Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, why did Aphrodite keep laughing at her hubby's wobbly walk? Test 2 · ★ 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 pr
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# Test 2 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

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Mate, why did Aphrodite keep laughing at her hubby's wobbly walk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aphrodite, Mate, hubby · **What happens:** keep, laugh, walk · **To what, where:** Mate, wobbly walk

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t2:1
# text = Mate, why did Aphrodite keep laughing at her hubby's wobbly walk?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Aphrodite	Aphrodite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hubby	hubby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | Aphrodite | Mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | Mate *not said here* |  |  | Aphrodite's hubby's wobbly walk |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **walk** |  | Aphrodite's hubby |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Cos she was bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t2:o1:1
# text = Cos she was bored
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cos he was pouring wine all wrong, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t2:o2:1
# text = Cos he was pouring wine all wrong, mate
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past · progressive | he | wine |  |  |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent wine=Theme mate=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Cos she was well up for Ares, not him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t2:o3:1
# text = Cos she was well up for Ares, not him
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	well	well	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ares	ar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **well up** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | for Ares; him *= he* *obl* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dunno, just did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t2:o4:1
# text = Dunno, just did
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	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 | **do** | past | Dunno |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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