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title: Did Theseus actually shift that massive rock or what? — The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus l… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Theseus actually shift that massive rock or what? Test 1 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…

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Did Theseus actually shift that massive rock or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** do, rock · **To what, where:** Theseus

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t1:1
# text = Did Theseus actually shift that massive rock or what?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shift	shift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Theseus |  |  |  | shift *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theseus=Eventuality |
| 2 | **rock** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he totally flipped it over and then strolled off, no cap, fam

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he totally flipped it over and then strolled off, no cap, fam
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	flipped	flip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	strolled	stroll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip over** | past | he | it |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **stroll off** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he totally flipped it over, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he totally flipped it over, no cap
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	flipped	flip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip over** | past | he | it |  |  |  | no cap *obl*; totally *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he didn't even try, he just sat there chilling for ages, honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, he didn't even try, he just sat there chilling for ages, honestly
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
13	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **try** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **chill** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | for ages |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he rolled it right off, dead easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he rolled it right off, dead easy
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	off	off	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | past | he | it |  |  |  | off *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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