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# Test 4 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Dionysus, part 26: the wine-god'…

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Was Pentheus gutted or chuffed when he got himself torn to bits by his own mum?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pentheus · **What happens:** gut, chuff, get, tear · **To what, where:** Pentheus, bits

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t4:1
# text = Was Pentheus gutted or chuffed when he got himself torn to bits by his own mum?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	Pentheus	Pentheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | Pentheus |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **chuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past | Pentheus | Pentheus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tear** | participle | Pentheus *not said here* |  |  | bits |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bit=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Well gutted, mate, that's proper grim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t4:o1:1
# text = Well gutted, mate, that's proper grim
1	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | grim *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chuffed, he was dead proud of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t4:o2:1
# text = Chuffed, he was dead proud of it
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of it; proud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Proper chuffed, he was over the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t4:o3:1
# text = Proper chuffed, he was over the moon
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  | the moon |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chuffed, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:520-pg22381-part26:t4:o4:1
# text = Chuffed, mate
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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