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title: Innit, why did Zeus's dad-in-law's trick work so well? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Hera and Jun… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit, why did Zeus's dad-in-law's trick work so well? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 502 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Hera and Juno, part 8: Zeus punishes Lycaon, then Eris's apple starts a quarrel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 10 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Hera and Juno, part 8: Zeus puni…

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Innit, why did Zeus's dad-in-law's trick work so well?

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

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 502 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Hera and Juno, part 8: Zeus punishes Lycaon, then Eris's apple starts a quarrel» 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/502-pg22381-part8/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:502-pg22381-part8:t10:1
# text = Innit, why did Zeus's dad-in-law's trick work so well?
1	Innit	Innit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
5	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Zeus's trick work |  |  |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** |  | Zeus |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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She was jealous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:502-pg22381-part8:t10:o1:1
# text = She was jealous
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |

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

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She thought it was a rival

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:502-pg22381-part8:t10:o2:1
# text = She thought it was a rival
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rival	rival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a rival |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She believed it was her sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:502-pg22381-part8:t10:o3:1
# text = She believed it was her sister
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | her sister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She was fooled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:502-pg22381-part8:t10:o4:1
# text = She was fooled
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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