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title: Bruv, what was the bit with the wine cup, was it mint or dodgy? — Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what was the bit with the wine cup, was it mint or dodgy? Test 3 · ★ 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 prag
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# Test 3 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

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Bruv, what was the bit with the wine cup, was it mint or dodgy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv, cup · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bit

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t3:1
# text = Bruv, what was the bit with the wine cup, was it mint or dodgy?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	mint	mint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv | the bit |  |  |  | with the wine cup | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | cup |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative*; mint *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | cup *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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He was serving the gods, slipped on the step, and the whole room burst out laughing at him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t3:o1:1
# text = He was serving the gods, slipped on the step, and the whole room burst out laughing at him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	serving	serve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	slipped	slip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	burst	burst	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	advcl	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past · progressive | He | the gods |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute |
| 2 | **slip** | participle |  | the gods *not said here* |  |  |  | on the step | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **burst out** | past | the whole room |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **laugh** | gerund | the whole room *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at room | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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He was pouring for the gods and everyone was in stitches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t3:o2:1
# text = He was pouring for the gods and everyone was in stitches
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	stitches	stitch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | for the gods | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for god=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is** | past | everyone |  |  | stitches |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was just pouring wine, nothing mad happened there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t3:o3:1
# text = He was just pouring wine, nothing mad happened there
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past · progressive | He | wine |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient |
| 2 | **happen** | past | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Everyone got drunk and it got messy later on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t3:o4:1
# text = Everyone got drunk and it got messy later on
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	drunk	drunk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Everyone |  |  |  |  | drunk *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **get** | past | it |  |  |  |  | late, messy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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