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title: Bruh, was Poseidon the Gorgon's boyfriend, like, for real? — Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, was Poseidon the Gorgon's boyfriend, like, for real? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 524 «Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche, part 30: Medusa's curse, Perseus, the Sphinx's riddle and Fortune's wheel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 2 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,…

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Bruh, was Poseidon the Gorgon's boyfriend, like, for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Poseidon

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 524 «Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche, part 30: Medusa's curse, Perseus, the Sphinx's riddle and Fortune's wheel» 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/524-pg22381-part30/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t2:1
# text = Bruh, was Poseidon the Gorgon's boyfriend, like, for real?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Gorgon	Gorgon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Poseidon |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yeah, she married Zeus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she married Zeus
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past | she | Zeus |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, she married Hermes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t2:o2:1
# text = Nah, she married Hermes
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past | she | Hermes |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hermes=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, she married Poseidon after breaking her vows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she married Poseidon after breaking her vows
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	vows	vow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past | she | Poseidon |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poseidon=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | gerund | she *not said here* | Poseidon's vows |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vow=Patient |
| 3 | **vow** |  | Poseidon |  |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yeah, she married Poseidon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she married Poseidon
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past | she | Poseidon |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poseidon=Patient |

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