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description: What happened to that Thracian bard Thamyris? Test 9 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32…

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What happened to that Thracian bard Thamyris?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t9:1
# text = What happened to that Thracian bard Thamyris?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	Thracian	thracian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bard	bard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	Thamyris	Thamyris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to that Thracian bard | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 {#o1}

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He lost and was struck blind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t9:o1:1
# text = He lost and was struck blind
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **strike** | past · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | blind *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He got blinded and lost his singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t9:o2:1
# text = He got blinded and lost his singing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	blinded	blind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blind** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past |  | his singing |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sing** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He got blinded and lost his singing and his lyre was given to Apollo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t9:o3:1
# text = He got blinded and lost his singing and his lyre was given to Apollo
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	blinded	blind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	lyre	lyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blind** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past |  | his singing |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **give** | past · passive |  | his lyre | Apollo |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to apollo=Recipient |
| 4 | **sing** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He got blinded and lost his singing, then was sent to wander the roads

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t9:o4:1
# text = He got blinded and lost his singing, then was sent to wander the roads
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	blinded	blind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blind** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past |  | his singing |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **send** | past · passive |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP» |
| 4 | **wander** | to-infinitive |  | the roads |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Trajectory |
| 5 | **sing** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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