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title: Okay, but who was the blind old seer? Was he like a total legend? — Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven A… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, but who was the blind old seer? Was he like a total legend? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 550 «Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part 56: the Argives fight for Thebes and the heroes die» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 13 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

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Okay, but who was the blind old seer? Was he like a total legend?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** blind old seer

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 550 «Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part 56: the Argives fight for Thebes and the heroes die» 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/550-pg22381-part56/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Okay, but who was the blind old seer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t13:1
# text = Okay, but who was the blind old seer?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	seer	seer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the blind old seer |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Was he like a total legend?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t13:2
# text = Was he like a total legend?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | like a total legend | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tiresias, the old Argive seer who had lived for a hundred years in exile on Lemnos

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t13:o1:1
# text = Tiresias, the old Argive seer who had lived for a hundred years in exile on Lemnos
1	Tiresias	Tiresias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	Argive	argive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	seer	seer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	exile	exile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Lemnos	Lemnos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past · perfect | the old Argive seer |  |  | exile on Lemnos | year |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in exile=Location |

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

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Tiresias, who was over a hundred years old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t13:o2:1
# text = Tiresias, who was over a hundred years old
1	Tiresias	Tiresias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Tiresias |  |  |  | year | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Teiresias, who was sent for by Creon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t13:o3:1
# text = Teiresias, who was sent for by Creon
1	Teiresias	Teiresias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Creon	Creon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive | Creon | Teiresias |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tiresias, who was a famous seer in Thebes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t13:o4:1
# text = Tiresias, who was a famous seer in Thebes
1	Tiresias	Tiresias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	seer	seer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Tiresias | a famous seer |  | Thebes |  |  | tree rules |

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