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title: Wicked, so did the Sphinx chuck herself off the rock? — Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wicked, so did the Sphinx chuck herself off the rock? Test 6 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,…

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Wicked, so did the Sphinx chuck herself off the rock?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Sphinx chuck

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t6:1
# text = Wicked, so did the Sphinx chuck herself off the rock?
1	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Sphinx	Sphinx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chuck	chuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Sphinx chuck |  |  |  | off the rock; herself *= she* *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chuck=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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Yeah, she jumped off the cliff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she jumped off the cliff
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	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | past | she | the cliff |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cliff=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, she flew away home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, she flew away home
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	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly away** | past | she |  |  |  |  | away, home *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yeah, straight off the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, straight off the rock
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, straight off the rock into the gorge below Thebes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, straight off the rock into the gorge below Thebes
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gorge	gorge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	below	below	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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