--- title: Did the masters really wait on their slaves at the Saturnalia? — Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadm… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the masters really wait on their slaves at the Saturnalia? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 534 «Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Cadmus follows a heifer, kills a dragon and sows its teeth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/534-pg22381-part40/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/534-pg22381-part40/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Ca… Did the masters really wait on their slaves at the Saturnalia? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** masters · **What happens:** do, wait · **To what, where:** slaves This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 534 «Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome, Cadmus Founds Thebes: Cadmus follows a heifer, kills a dragon and sows its teeth» 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/534-pg22381-part40/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t11:1 # text = Did the masters really wait on their slaves at the Saturnalia? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 masters master NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Saturnalia Saturnalia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wait** | present | the masters | | | masters's slaves | | at the Saturnalia | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on slave=Location | 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} Yes, they served food and wine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, they served food and wine 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | past | they | food and wine | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, at festivals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, at festivals 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 festivals festival NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No, but at banquets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t11:o3:1 # text = No, but at banquets 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 banquets banquet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yes, at banquets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:534-pg22381-part40:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, at banquets 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 banquets banquet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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