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title: so the salii were basically dancing priests in armour? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and A… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the salii were basically dancing priests in armour? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 517 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis weds Peleus, then the war-god Ares is hated by his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 14 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…

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so the salii were basically dancing priests in armour?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** salii · **What happens:** dance · **To what, where:** priests, armour

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 517 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis weds Peleus, then the war-god Ares is hated by his father» 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/517-pg22381-part23/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t14:1
# text = so the salii were basically dancing priests in armour?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	salii	salii	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past · progressive | the salii | priests |  | armour |  | basically *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location priest=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}

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yeah, twelve of them, boss sacred dances in full kit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t14:o1:1
# text = yeah, twelve of them, boss sacred dances in full kit
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	boss	boss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dances	dance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	kit	kit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boss** | infinitive | twelve of them | sacred dances |  | full kit |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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nah, they were priests who wore togas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t14:o2:1
# text = nah, they were priests who wore togas
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	togas	toga	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | priests |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | past | priests | togas |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent toga=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah, six of them, sang hymns in old robes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t14:o3:1
# text = yeah, six of them, sang hymns in old robes
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	hymns	hymn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past |  | six of them |  | old robes |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, bit of a laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t14:o4:1
# text = yeah, bit of a laugh
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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