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title: wait what made Orestes run to Delphi for help — Myths of Greece and Rome, The Return o… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait what made Orestes run to Delphi for help Test 11 · ★ of lesson 557 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The Return of the Greeks from Troy, part 63: the heroes sail home, and Odysseus meets Polyphemus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 11 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, The Return of the Greeks from Tr…

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wait what made Orestes run to Delphi for help

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Orestes · **What happens:** wait, make, run · **To what, where:** Delphi

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 557 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The Return of the Greeks from Troy, part 63: the heroes sail home, and Odysseus meets Polyphemus» 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/557-pg22381-part63/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:557-pg22381-part63:t11:1
# text = wait what made Orestes run to Delphi for help
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	Orestes	Orestes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **run** | infinitive | Orestes |  | Delphi |  |  | for help | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to delphi=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the Furies chasing him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:557-pg22381-part63:t11:o1:1
# text = the Furies chasing him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Furies	fury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | gerund | the Furies | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a plague sent by Apollo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:557-pg22381-part63:t11:o2:1
# text = a plague sent by Apollo
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | a plague *not said here* |  |  |  | by Apollo | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the ghost of Agamemnon demanding vengeance from his son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:557-pg22381-part63:t11:o3:1
# text = the ghost of Agamemnon demanding vengeance from his son
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	vengeance	vengeance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund | the ghost of Agamemnon *not said here* | vengeance |  |  |  | from Agamemnon's son | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme vengeance=Precondition from son=Source |
| 2 | **ghost** |  |  | Agamemnon |  |  |  |  | nom ghost «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his guilt for killing his mother and Aegisthus, which the gods had marked on his brow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:557-pg22381-part63:t11:o4:1
# text = his guilt for killing his mother and Aegisthus, which the gods had marked on his brow
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	killing	kill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Aegisthus	Aegisthus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | gerund | his guilt *not said here* | his mother and Aegisthus and the gods |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme |
| 2 | **god** |  | his mother and Aegisthus and the gods |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mark** | past · perfect · passive |  | his guilt |  | Aegisthus's brow |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme on brow=Destination |

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