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title: Those pirates were proper sus, weren't they? — Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Lov… · tree and pragmatics
description: Those pirates were proper sus, weren't they? Test 2 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 2 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32…

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Those pirates were proper sus, weren't they?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pirates · **What happens:** be, not be · **To what, where:** proper sus, they

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t2:1
# text = Those pirates were proper sus, weren't they?
1	Those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that pirates | proper sus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | that pirates *not said here* | they |  |  |  |  | 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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They knocked out the girls and nicked them while the whole festival was asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t2:o1:1
# text = They knocked out the girls and nicked them while the whole festival was asleep
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock out** | past | They | the girls |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
| 2 | **nick** | past | They *not said here* | girls *= girl* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | the whole festival |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They knocked out the girls, nicked them and sold them as slaves abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t2:o2:1
# text = They knocked out the girls, nicked them and sold them as slaves abroad
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock out** | past | They | the girls |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
| 2 | **nick** | past | They *not said here* | girls *= girl* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 3 | **sell** | past | They *not said here* | girls *= girl* |  |  |  | as slaves; abroad *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They nabbed the girls at the harbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t2:o3:1
# text = They nabbed the girls at the harbour
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	nabbed	nab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nab** | past | They | the girls |  | the harbour |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They knocked out the girls and nicked them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t2:o4:1
# text = They knocked out the girls and nicked them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock out** | past | They | the girls |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
| 2 | **nick** | past | They *not said here* | girls *= girl* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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