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title: Bro, who even is Hermes in this? — Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, who even is Hermes in this? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 536 «Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a son found again» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a s…

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Bro, who even is Hermes in this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Hermes, this

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 536 «Greek Myths, Ion, part 42: a poisoned cup, a dove, and a son found again» 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/536-pg22381-part42/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:t2:1
# text = Bro, who even is Hermes in this?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bro | Hermes |  | this |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The god of war who fought at Troy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:t2:o1:1
# text = The god of war who fought at Troy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | the god of war |  |  | Troy |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The messenger god who carried the baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:t2:o2:1
# text = The messenger god who carried the baby
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the messenger god | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The messenger god who carried the baby to Delphi and left him there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:t2:o3:1
# text = The messenger god who carried the baby to Delphi and left him there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the messenger god | the baby | Delphi |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent baby=Theme to delphi=Destination |
| 2 | **leave** | past | the messenger god | Delphi |  | there |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The god who guards the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:536-pg22381-part42:t2:o4:1
# text = The god who guards the dead
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present | the god | the dead |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Beneficiary |

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