--- title: Mate, how did Perseus not get turned to stone? — Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Per… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, how did Perseus not get turned to stone? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 535 «Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Perseus turns foes to stone and wins Andromeda» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/535-pg22381-part41/t2/) [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/) / [Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Per…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/535-pg22381-part41/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Perseus turns foes to s… Mate, how did Perseus not get turned to stone? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not turn · **To what, where:** Perseus, stone This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 535 «Gods and Heroes, Perseus, part 41: Perseus turns foes to stone and wins Andromeda» 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/535-pg22381-part41/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:535-pg22381-part41:t2:1 # text = Mate, how did Perseus not get turned to stone? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 Perseus Perseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **turn** | past · passive · do-support | | Perseus | | stone | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory | 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} used his polished shield as a mirror to see her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:535-pg22381-part41:t2:o1:1 # text = used his polished shield as a mirror to see her 1 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | | his polished shield | | | | as a mirror | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent shield=Duration as mirror=Attribute | | 2 | **polish** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} used his shield as a mirror ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:535-pg22381-part41:t2:o2:1 # text = used his shield as a mirror 1 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | | his shield | | | | as a mirror | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent shield=Duration as mirror=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} kept his eyes shut and used his shield as a mirror ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:535-pg22381-part41:t2:o3:1 # text = kept his eyes shut and used his shield as a mirror 1 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | | his eyes | | | | shut *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **use** | past | | his shield | | | | as a mirror | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent shield=Duration as mirror=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} used his sword as a mirror ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:535-pg22381-part41:t2:o4:1 # text = used his sword as a mirror 1 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | | his sword | | | | as a mirror | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sword=Duration as mirror=Attribute | **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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