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# Test 5 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight,…

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test: The Symplegades sound sus, how did the ship get through?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Symplegades, ship · **What happens:** sound, get through · **To what, where:** test

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 538 «Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight, lose friends, pass the clashing rocks and reach Colchis» 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/538-pg22381-part44/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:538-pg22381-part44:t5:1
# text = test: The Symplegades sound sus, how did the ship get through?
1	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Symplegades	Symplegade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	through	through	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | the Symplegades | test |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sus=Theme |
| 2 | **get through** | past · do-support | the ship |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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They just floated through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:538-pg22381-part44:t5:o1:1
# text = They just floated through
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	floated	float	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | past | They |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They sent a dove first, then rowed like mad when the rocks split apart

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:538-pg22381-part44:t5:o2:1
# text = They sent a dove first, then rowed like mad when the rocks split apart
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	rowed	row	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
15	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | They | a dove |  |  |  | first *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Theme |
| 2 | **row** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  | then | like mad | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **split** | past | the rocks |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They launched a dove, then sailed slowly while the rocks crashed together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:538-pg22381-part44:t5:o3:1
# text = They launched a dove, then sailed slowly while the rocks crashed together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	launched	launch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **launch** | past | They | a dove |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Theme |
| 2 | **sail** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  | then | slowly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **crash** | past | the rocks |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They sent a crow ahead, then waited for the tide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:538-pg22381-part44:t5:o4:1
# text = They sent a crow ahead, then waited for the tide
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | They | a crow |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  | then | for the tide | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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