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title: wait, why did Eos weigh the scales again, that doesn't sound right? — Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61:… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did Eos weigh the scales again, that doesn't sound right? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 555 «Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achilles drags his body, Penthesilea falls, Achilles dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 9 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achille…

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wait, why did Eos weigh the scales again, that doesn't sound right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Eos, that · **What happens:** wait, weigh, not sound · **To what, where:** scales

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 555 «Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achilles drags his body, Penthesilea falls, Achilles dies» 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/555-pg22381-part61/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t9:1
# text = wait, why did Eos weigh the scales again, that doesn't sound right?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Eos	Eos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	weigh	weigh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
15	right	right	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 | **weigh** | past · do-support | Eos | the scales |  |  | again |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme scale=Value |
| 3 | **not** **sound** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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Zeus weighed their destinies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t9:o1:1
# text = Zeus weighed their destinies
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	weighed	weigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	destinies	destiny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weigh** | past | Zeus | their destinies |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme destiny=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Zeus balanced the two of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t9:o2:1
# text = Zeus balanced the two of them
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	balanced	balance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **balance** | past | Zeus | the two of them |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location two=Theme |

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

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Zeus weighed the fates on scales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t9:o3:1
# text = Zeus weighed the fates on scales
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	weighed	weigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fates	fate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weigh** | past | Zeus | the fates |  | scales |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme fate=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hera weighed them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t9:o4:1
# text = Hera weighed them
1	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	weighed	weigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weigh** | past | Hera | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme they=Value |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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