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title: Yo, did Phaethon actually get to drive the sun chariot? — Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did Phaethon actually get to drive the sun chariot? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 507 «Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part 13: Phaethon drives the sun-chariot and falls into the river Eridanus» 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 4 · ★ · Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part 13: Phaethon drives…

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Yo, did Phaethon actually get to drive the sun chariot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, get, drive · **To what, where:** Phaethon, sun chariot

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 507 «Greek Myths, Helios and Phaethon, part 13: Phaethon drives the sun-chariot and falls into the river Eridanus» 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/507-pg22381-part13/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:507-pg22381-part13:t4:1
# text = Yo, did Phaethon actually get to drive the sun chariot?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Phaethon	Phaethon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **do** | past |  | Phaethon |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phaethon=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **drive** | to-infinitive |  | the sun chariot |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme chariot=Trajectory |

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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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Nah, Zeus drove it, dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:507-pg22381-part13:t4:o1:1
# text = Nah, Zeus drove it, dead
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | Zeus | it |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, Helios drove it, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:507-pg22381-part13:t4:o2:1
# text = Nope, Helios drove it, innit
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Helios	helio	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | Helios | it |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |
| 2 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Yeah, for like one day, bare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:507-pg22381-part13:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, for like one day, bare
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he got grounded, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:507-pg22381-part13:t4:o4:1
# text = Nah, he got grounded, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	grounded	ground	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: subject=Destination |

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