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title: Bruv, why did Athene chuck her flute in the fountain? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why did Athene chuck her flute in the fountain? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 503 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's gifts and her shield» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's…

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Bruv, why did Athene chuck her flute in the fountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Athene · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** flute, fountain

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 503 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Pallas-Athene, part 9: Athene's gifts and her shield» 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/503-pg22381-part9/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:t3:1
# text = Bruv, why did Athene chuck her flute in the fountain?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	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	Athene	Athene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past · do-support | Athene | Athene's flute |  | the fountain |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent flute=Theme in fountain=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Coz she looked well daft playing it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:t3:o1:1
# text = Coz she looked well daft playing it
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	daft	daft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | she |  |  |  |  | daft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | she *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Coz the tune was a bit off, like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:t3:o2:1
# text = Coz the tune was a bit off, like
1	Coz	because	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
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	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Coz she was fed up with the racket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:t3:o3:1
# text = Coz she was fed up with the racket
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	racket	racket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | with the racket | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coz Hera told her off for ruining the feast on Olympus and the other gods agreed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:503-pg22381-part9:t3:o4:1
# text = Coz Hera told her off for ruining the feast on Olympus and the other gods agreed
1	Coz	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ruining	ruin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
16	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past | Hera |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **ruin** | gerund | Hera *not said here* | the feast and the other gods |  | Olympus |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle |  | the other gods *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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