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title: Bruv, how did Amphion make the walls of Thebes go up so fast? — Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, how did Amphion make the walls of Thebes go up so fast? Test 2 · ★ 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 questio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Greek Myths, Zeus and His Loves, part 7: Zeus wins many mo…

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Bruv, how did Amphion make the walls of Thebes go up so fast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Amphion, walls · **What happens:** make, go up

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t2:1
# text = Bruv, how did Amphion make the walls of Thebes go up so fast?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Amphion	Amphion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
12	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support | Amphion |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go up** | present | the walls of Thebes |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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Zeus sent builders down from the sky to help him, proper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t2:o1:1
# text = Zeus sent builders down from the sky to help him, proper
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send down** | past | Zeus | builders |  | the sky |  | down *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent builder=Theme from sky=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | Zeus *not said here* |  | Zeus |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sang to the stones, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t2:o2:1
# text = He sang to the stones, bruv
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | He |  | the stones |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to stone=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He played his lyre, proper sweet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t2:o3:1
# text = He played his lyre, proper sweet
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lyre	lyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | He | his lyre |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lyre=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He called the gods down to help him out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:501-pg22381-part7:t2:o4:1
# text = He called the gods down to help him out
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call down** *speech: assert* | past | He |  | the gods |  |  | down *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent god=Recipient |
| 2 | **help out** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

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