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description: Was Poseidon's gaff a golden palace, or just a shack? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics of 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

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Was Poseidon's gaff a golden palace, or just a shack?

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

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t8:1
# text = Was Poseidon's gaff a golden palace, or just a shack?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	gaff	gaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shack	shack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Poseidon's gaff |  |  |  |  | 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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Golden walls covered in sea-monster carvings and a throne room where Zeus visits every single night

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t8:o1:1
# text = Golden walls covered in sea-monster carvings and a throne room where Zeus visits every single night
1	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	carvings	carving	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
14	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	visits	visit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
17	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | Golden walls and a throne room *not said here* |  |  |  | in monster carvings | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in carving=Theme |
| 2 | **visit** | present | Zeus |  |  |  | night |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Plain stone outside, with a bit of gold inside, nothing fancy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t8:o2:1
# text = Plain stone outside, with a bit of gold inside, nothing fancy
1	Plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	compound	_	_
13	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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Golden outside, with fountains and crystal rocks, mega

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t8:o3:1
# text = Golden outside, with fountains and crystal rocks, mega
1	Golden	golden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mega	mega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Golden outside, with fountains, crystal rocks, sea-horses in the stables, and a whole fleet of ships moored out front

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t8:o4:1
# text = Golden outside, with fountains, crystal rocks, sea-horses in the stables, and a whole fleet of ships moored out front
1	Golden	golden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	_
23	moored	moor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
24	out	out	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
25	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moor out** | participle | ships *not said here* | front |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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