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description: why'd he tie himself to the mast, like, seriously? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 559 «Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sirens, a shipwreck, and Calypso's island» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 4 · ★ · Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sire…

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why'd he tie himself to the mast, like, seriously?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** tie · **To what, where:** himself

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 559 «Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sirens, a shipwreck, and Calypso's island» 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/559-pg22381-part65/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:t4:1
# text = why'd he tie himself to the mast, like, seriously?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | would | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  | to the mast; seriously *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient to mast=Co-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}

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so he could fish, sorted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:t4:o1:1
# text = so he could fish, sorted
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fish	fish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fish** | could | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sort** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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so he could steer, sorted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:t4:o2:1
# text = so he could steer, sorted
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	steer	steer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steer** | could | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sort** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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so he could hear the Sirens, safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:t4:o3:1
# text = so he could hear the Sirens, safe
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sirens	Siren	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | could | he | the Sirens |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer siren=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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so he could nap, safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:t4:o4:1
# text = so he could nap, safe
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	nap	nap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nap** | could | he |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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