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title: Were the Sirens kinda lame at singing? — Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Lov… · tree and pragmatics
description: Were the Sirens kinda lame at singing? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 526 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32: Hymen's rescue, Iris, Hebe, Ganymedes and the Muses» 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 11 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32…

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Were the Sirens kinda lame at singing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sirens · **What happens:** be, lame, sing · **To what, where:** Sirens

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 526 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32: Hymen's rescue, Iris, Hebe, Ganymedes and the Muses» 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/526-pg22381-part32/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t11:1
# text = Were the Sirens kinda lame at singing?
1	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sirens	siren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	lame	lame	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Sirens |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lame** | present | the Sirens |  |  |  |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the Sirens *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Nah, their songs were lovely and loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t11:o1:1
# text = Nah, their songs were lovely and loud
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | their songs |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | their songs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sing** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, their songs were dull and flat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, their songs were dull and flat
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | their songs |  |  |  |  | dull *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | their songs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sing** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Yeah, their songs were fake and they lost their feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t11:o3:1
# text = Yeah, their songs were fake and they lost their feathers
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | their songs |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | songs *= song* | songs's feathers |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sing** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, their songs were fake and they lost their feathers to the Muses at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t11:o4:1
# text = Yeah, their songs were fake and they lost their feathers to the Muses at once
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Muses	muse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | their songs |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | songs *= song* | songs's feathers |  |  |  | to the Muses | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sing** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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