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title: Why was Asclepius's dog on the list of his stuff, is that random? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was Asclepius's dog on the list of his stuff, is that random? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

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Why was Asclepius's dog on the list of his stuff, is that random?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** be, list · **To what, where:** dog, list, stuff

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» 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/530-pg22381-part36/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t8:1
# text = Why was Asclepius's dog on the list of his stuff, is that random?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	Asclepius	Asclepius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
15	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Asclepius's dog |  | the list of dog's stuff |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Asclepius's dog |  |  |  |  | random *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **list** |  |  | dog's stuff |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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dogs were one of his usual attributes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t8:o1:1
# text = dogs were one of his usual attributes
1	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
7	attributes	attribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | one |  |  |  | of his usual | tree rules |
| 2 | **attribute** | present | dogs |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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it was a sign of loyalty to Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t8:o2:1
# text = it was a sign of loyalty to Rome
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a sign | Rome |  |  | of loyalty | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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for the hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t8:o3:1
# text = for the hunt
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	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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dogs guarded his temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t8:o4:1
# text = dogs guarded his temple
1	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | dogs | his temple |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temple=Beneficiary |

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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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