--- title: Was the Sphinx a mega riddler, innit? — Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the Sphinx a mega riddler, innit? Test 4 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/524-pg22381-part30/t4/) [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/) / [Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/524-pg22381-part30/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,… Was the Sphinx a mega riddler, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sphinx · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** mega riddler This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t4:1 # text = Was the Sphinx a mega riddler, innit? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 Sphinx Sphinx PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 mega mega NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 riddler riddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Sphinx | the mega riddler | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Nope, just one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t4:o1:1 # text = Nope, just one 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, she gave one riddle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she gave one riddle 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 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | she | one riddle | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, no ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, no 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 1 discourse _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she gave two riddles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, she gave two riddles 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 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 riddles riddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | she | two riddles | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Theme | **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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