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title: Wait, so the little baby at Nemea got eaten by a snake? — Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven A… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so the little baby at Nemea got eaten by a snake? Test 2 · ★ 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 question and o
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# Test 2 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, so the little baby at Nemea got eaten by a snake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, snake · **What happens:** wait, eat · **To what, where:** little baby

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t2:1
# text = Wait, so the little baby at Nemea got eaten by a snake?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Nemea	Nemea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | past · passive | a snake | the little baby at Nemea |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, while they were off looking for a spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, while they were off looking for a spring
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  | spring |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the Argives threw him in a river at Nemea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t2:o2:1
# text = No, the Argives threw him in a river at Nemea
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Argives	Argive	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Nemea	Nemea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | the Argives | him *= he* |  | a river |  | at Nemea | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in river=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, while the Argives were off hunting for water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, while the Argives were off hunting for water
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Argives	Argive	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	flat	_	_
8	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund | the Argives |  |  |  |  | for water | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for water=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the baby was actually kidnapped by Hypsipile's people and the snake came later

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t2:o4:1
# text = No, the baby was actually kidnapped by Hypsipile's people and the snake came later
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	kidnapped	kidnap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Hypsipile	Hypsipile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kidnap** | past · passive | Hypsipile's people and the snake | the baby |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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