--- title: Real talk, what did the bread and bed turn into for poor Midas? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, what did the bread and bed turn into for poor Midas? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 520 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god's youth, travels and the golden king Midas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/520-pg22381-part26/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/520-pg22381-part26/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'… Real talk, what did the bread and bed turn into for poor Midas? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bread · **What happens:** do, turn · **To what, where:** Real talk, poor Midas This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 520 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god's youth, travels and the golden king Midas» 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/520-pg22381-part26/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t11:1 # text = Real talk, what did the bread and bed turn into for poor Midas? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Midas Midas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | Real talk | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Eventuality | | 2 | **turn** | present | the bread and bed | | | | | into poor Midas *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into midas=Result | 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} Solid gold, which he could not eat, and he nearly starved in his golden palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t11:o1:1 # text = Solid gold, which he could not eat, and he nearly starved in his golden palace 1 Solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 starved starve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **eat** | could | he | Solid gold | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 2 | **starve** | past | he | | | his golden palace | | nearly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Solid gold, and it was a nightmare ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t11:o2:1 # text = Solid gold, and it was a nightmare 1 Solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nightmare nightmare NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a nightmare | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stone, and it was a curse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t11:o3:1 # text = Stone, and it was a curse 1 Stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a curse | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Silver, and it was a disaster ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t11:o4:1 # text = Silver, and it was a disaster 1 Silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 disaster disaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a disaster | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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