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title: What did folks in Athens reckon Theseus would be? — The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus l… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did folks in Athens reckon Theseus would be? Test 9 · ★ 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 questio
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# Test 9 · ★ · The Heroes, Theseus, part 3: Theseus lifts the great stone…

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What did folks in Athens reckon Theseus would be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** folks, Theseus · **What happens:** do, reckon, be

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t9:1
# text = What did folks in Athens reckon Theseus would be?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reckon** | present | folks in Athens |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | would | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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As mighty as the gods in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t9:o1:1
# text = As mighty as the gods in the sky
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A legend who'd outshine every hero from the old stories put together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t9:o2:1
# text = A legend who'd outshine every hero from the old stories put together
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	outshine	outshine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outshine** | would | a legend | every hero |  | the old stories |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hero=Theme |
| 2 | **put together** | participle | a legend |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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As sick a hero as Hercules and Jason and all the rest of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t9:o3:1
# text = As sick a hero as Hercules and Jason and all the rest of them
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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As sick a hero as Hercules and Jason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2044-pg976-part3:t9:o4:1
# text = As sick a hero as Hercules and Jason
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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