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title: Mate, which tree nymph was all strong and sturdy, like a proper beech? — Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, which tree nymph was all strong and sturdy, like a proper beech? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 528 «Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34: sea, river, tree and mountain nymphs, Echo and Narcissus, and the winds of Aeolus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 12 · ★ · Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34: sea, river, tree a…

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Mate, which tree nymph was all strong and sturdy, like a proper beech?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** nymph, be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 528 «Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34: sea, river, tree and mountain nymphs, Echo and Narcissus, and the winds of Aeolus» 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/528-pg22381-part34/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t12:1
# text = Mate, which tree nymph was all strong and sturdy, like a proper beech?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	nymph	nymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	beech	beech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nymph** |  | Mate and tree nymph |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Mate and tree nymph |  |  |  |  | all, strong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Mate and tree nymph *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the nymph of the great sycamore who guarded the old grove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t12:o1:1
# text = the nymph of the great sycamore who guarded the old grove
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nymph	nymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sycamore	sycamore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | the nymph of the great sycamore | the old grove |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grove=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the elm nymph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t12:o2:1
# text = the elm nymph
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	elm	elm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	nymph	nymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the ash nymph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t12:o3:1
# text = the ash nymph
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	nymph	nymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the beech nymph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t12:o4:1
# text = the beech nymph
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beech	beech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	nymph	nymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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