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description: Those cannibal giants, were they actually nice to the guys? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 558 «Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, escapes the winds and the Laestrygones, and meets Circe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…

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Those cannibal giants, were they actually nice to the guys?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cannibal giants · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 558 «Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, escapes the winds and the Laestrygones, and meets Circe» 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/558-pg22381-part64/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t10:1
# text = Those cannibal giants, were they actually nice to the guys?
1	Those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	cannibal	cannibal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that cannibal giants |  |  |  |  | to the guys; actually, nice *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yeah, they fed them dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they fed them dinner
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | they | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient dinner=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nope, they ate most of the men and then sank eleven of the fleet's ships

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t10:o2:1
# text = Nope, they ate most of the men and then sank eleven of the fleet's ships
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | they | most of the men |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Patient |
| 2 | **sink** | past | they *not said here* | eleven of the fleet's ships |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eleven=Patient |

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

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Nope, they sank eleven ships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t10:o3:1
# text = Nope, they sank eleven ships
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | they | eleven ships |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ship=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nope, they devoured the crew and sank eleven ships in the harbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t10:o4:1
# text = Nope, they devoured the crew and sank eleven ships in the harbour
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	devoured	devour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | past | they | the crew |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crew=Patient |
| 2 | **sink** | past | they *not said here* | eleven ships |  | the harbour |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ship=Patient |

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