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title: wait, the Danaides killed fifty husbands in one night?? — Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the Danaides killed fifty husbands in one night?? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 3 · ★ · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

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wait, the Danaides killed fifty husbands in one night??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Danaides · **What happens:** wait, kill · **To what, where:** fifty husbands

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» 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/522-pg22381-part28/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t3:1
# text = wait, the Danaides killed fifty husbands in one night??
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Danaides	Danaides	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	husbands	husband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | past | the Danaides | fifty husbands |  |  | night |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, except Hypermnestra, she spared hers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, except Hypermnestra, she spared hers
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	except	except	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Hypermnestra	Hypermnestra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spared	spare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | past | Hypermnestra | hers *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent her=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, all but one, she spared hers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, all but one, she spared hers
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spared	spare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | past | she | one |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent her=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, all but Hypermnestra, who spared Lynceus and fled to Argos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, all but Hypermnestra, who spared Lynceus and fled to Argos
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Hypermnestra	Hypermnestra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spared	spare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Lynceus	Lynceus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Argos	Argos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | past | all Hypermnestra | Lynceus |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent lynceus=Asset |
| 2 | **flee** | past | all Hypermnestra *not said here* |  |  | Argos |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to argos=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they filled that leaky jar forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they filled that leaky jar forever
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	leaky	leaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | they |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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