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title: wait, his dad is some king in Athens, like actual royalty? — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, his dad is some king in Athens, like actual royalty? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 2043 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

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wait, his dad is some king in Athens, like actual royalty?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, dad · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** king, Athens

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2043 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens» 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/2043-pg976-part2/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t2:1
# text = wait, his dad is some king in Athens, like actual royalty?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	royalty	royalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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* |  |  |  |  | like actual royalty | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | his dad | some king |  | Athens |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yep, King Aegeus, ruling Attica from Athens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t2:o1:1
# text = Yep, King Aegeus, ruling Attica from Athens
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ruling	rule	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	Attica	Attica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | gerund | King | Attica |  | Athens |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent attica=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, King Aegeus, ruling Thebes from the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t2:o2:1
# text = Nah, King Aegeus, ruling Thebes from the hills
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ruling	rule	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | gerund | King | Thebes |  | the hills |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thebe=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yep, King Aegeus, ruling all of Attica and the lands beyond the sea from his great palace in Athens

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t2:o3:1
# text = Yep, King Aegeus, ruling all of Attica and the lands beyond the sea from his great palace in Athens
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ruling	rule	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Attica	Attica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | gerund | King | all Attica and the lands beyond the sea |  | King's great palace in Athens |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent attica=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, not royalty at all, just a rich merchant who ruled the harbour town of Piraeus

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t2:o4:1
# text = Nah, not royalty at all, just a rich merchant who ruled the harbour town of Piraeus
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	royalty	royalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Piraeus	Piraeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | a rich merchant | the harbour town of Piraeus |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

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