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title: ok so wait, why did Cronus eat his own kids? — Greek and Roman Myths, The Titans and… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok so wait, why did Cronus eat his own kids? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 497 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Titans and Zeus, part 3: Cronus swallows his children, and Rhea saves Zeus with a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 1 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, The Titans and Zeus, part 3: Cronus…

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ok so wait, why did Cronus eat his own kids?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Cronus · **What happens:** wait, eat · **To what, where:** own kids

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 497 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Titans and Zeus, part 3: Cronus swallows his children, and Rhea saves Zeus with a stone» 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/497-pg22381-part3/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t1:1
# text = ok so wait, why did Cronus eat his own kids?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	Cronus	Cronus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | past · do-support | Cronus | Cronus's own kids |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient |

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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}

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Bc he hated kids so much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t1:o1:1
# text = Bc he hated kids so much
1	Bc	Bc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past | Bc | kids |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cuz an oracle said one of them would take his power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t1:o2:1
# text = Cuz an oracle said one of them would take his power
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cuz |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | would | one of them | oracle's power |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |

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

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cause he was scared one would take his throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t1:o3:1
# text = cause he was scared one would take his throne
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cause |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | would | one | his throne |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bc Rhea kept having babies and he wanted to stop them from ever growing up and fighting him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t1:o4:1
# text = Bc Rhea kept having babies and he wanted to stop them from ever growing up and fighting him
1	Bc	Bc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Rhea	Rhea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	compound	_	_
14	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	conj	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Bc |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | Bc *not said here* | babies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |
| 3 | **want** | past | Bc |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bc *not said here* | babies *= baby* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **grow up** | gerund | Bc *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **fight** | gerund | Bc *not said here* | Bc |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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