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title: was the festival of Apollo like a huge party? — Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow conte… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the festival of Apollo like a huge party? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 561 «Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
was the festival of Apollo like a huge party?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** festival

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 561 «Classic Myths, Odysseus: the bow contest and the homecoming» 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/561-pg22381-part67/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:561-pg22381-part67:t13:1
# text = was the festival of Apollo like a huge party?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the festival |  |  |  | of Apollo; like a huge party | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, there was lots of drinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:561-pg22381-part67:t13:o1:1
# text = yes, there was lots of drinking
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | lots of drinking |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, it was a sacred offering at the altar, with only priests and the elders present

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:561-pg22381-part67:t13:o2:1
# text = no, it was a sacred offering at the altar, with only priests and the elders present
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
18	present	present	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a sacred offering |  | the altar |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **present** | present | priests and the elders |  |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, the suitors feasted with extra revelry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:561-pg22381-part67:t13:o3:1
# text = yes, the suitors feasted with extra revelry
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feasted	feast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	revelry	revelry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | past | the suitors |  |  |  |  | with extra revelry | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, the suitors feasted with extra revelry, drinking and dancing in the hall for many days

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:561-pg22381-part67:t13:o4:1
# text = yes, the suitors feasted with extra revelry, drinking and dancing in the hall for many days
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feasted	feast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	revelry	revelry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | past | the suitors |  |  |  |  | with extra revelry | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | the suitors *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dance** | gerund | the suitors *not said here* |  |  | the hall | day |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |

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