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title: Which individual sought to deprive Theseus of his inheritance once h… — The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus l… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which individual sought to deprive Theseus of his inheritance once he had reached Athens? Exam question 3 of lesson 2044 «The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone, finds his father's sword and sandals, and sets out for Athens» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 3 · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…

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Which individual sought to deprive Theseus of his inheritance once he had reached Athens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** individual · **What happens:** seek, deprive, reach, inherit · **To what, where:** Theseus, Athens

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2044 «The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone, finds his father's sword and sandals, and sets out for Athens» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/2044-pg976-part3/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e3:1
# text = Which individual sought to deprive Theseus of his inheritance once he had reached Athens?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	deprive	deprive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	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	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
14	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | past | which individual |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deprive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | which individual *not said here* | Theseus of individual's inheritance |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theseus=Source |
| 3 | **reach** | past · perfect | individual | Athens |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent athens=Theme |
| 4 | **inherit** |  | individual |  |  |  |  |  | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Medea, who had poisoned the old king's brother and wished her son Medus to rule

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e3:o1:1
# text = Medea, who had poisoned the old king's brother and wished her son Medus to rule
1	Medea	Medea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	Medus	Medus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | past · perfect | Medea | the old king's brother |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |
| 2 | **wish** | past | Medea *not said here* | Medea's son |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot son=Theme |
| 3 | **rule** | to-infinitive | Medea *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Medea, the sorceress who wanted her son Medus to inherit the kingdom and bury Theseus

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e3:o2:1
# text = Medea, the sorceress who wanted her son Medus to inherit the kingdom and bury Theseus
1	Medea	medea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	Medus	Medus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	inherit	inherit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	bury	bury	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
16	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the sorceress | her son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **inherit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her son *not said here* | the kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
| 3 | **bury** | infinitive | her son *not said here* | Theseus |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theseus=Theme |

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

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Medea, who wished her son Medus to inherit the kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e3:o3:1
# text = Medea, who wished her son Medus to inherit the kingdom
1	Medea	Medea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	Medus	Medus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	inherit	inherit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | Medea | Medea's son |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot son=Theme |
| 2 | **inherit** | to-infinitive | Medea *not said here* | the kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The nephews, who plotted to seize the crown for themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:e3:o4:1
# text = The nephews, who plotted to seize the crown for themselves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nephews	nephew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	plotted	plot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plot** | past | the nephews |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seize** | to-infinitive | the nephews *not said here* | the crown |  |  |  | for nephews *= nephew* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent crown=Theme for themselves=Beneficiary |

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