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title: Bro, why did Lycaon give Zeus a dish of human meat? — Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why did Lycaon give Zeus a dish of human meat? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 501 «Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mortal women in disguise, and Lycaon plots to test him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mo…

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Bro, why did Lycaon give Zeus a dish of human meat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lycaon · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** dish, Zeus

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 501 «Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mortal women in disguise, and Lycaon plots to test him» 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/501-pg22381-part7/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t10:1
# text = Bro, why did Lycaon give Zeus a dish of human meat?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Lycaon	Lycaon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | Lycaon | a dish of human meat | Zeus |  |  | Bro *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Recipient dish=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To trick Zeus into eating human flesh so the gods would be punished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t10:o1:1
# text = To trick Zeus into eating human flesh so the gods would be punished
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trick	trick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | to-infinitive |  | Zeus |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund |  | human flesh |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient |
| 3 | **punish** | would · passive |  | the gods |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To test if Zeus was really a god

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t10:o2:1
# text = To test if Zeus was really a god
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Zeus | a god |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To see if Zeus could tell human flesh from animal meat, as a cruel trick

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t10:o3:1
# text = To see if Zeus could tell human flesh from animal meat, as a cruel trick
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as a cruel trick | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Zeus | human flesh |  | animal meat |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent flesh=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To see if he would notice the meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t10:o4:1
# text = To see if he would notice the meat
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **notice** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | he | the meat |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer meat=Stimulus |

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