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title: Did Poseidon actually help Zeus, or was he just a bit of a grass? — Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Poseidon actually help Zeus, or was he just a bit of a grass? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace is described» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 9 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

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Did Poseidon actually help Zeus, or was he just a bit of a grass?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Poseidon · **What happens:** help, be · **To what, where:** Zeus, bit

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace is described» 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/515-pg22381-part21/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t9:1
# text = Did Poseidon actually help Zeus, or was he just a bit of a grass?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past · do-support | Poseidon |  | Zeus |  |  | actually *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Poseidon | a bit |  |  |  | of a grass | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He helped beat the Giants and smashed Polybotes with Cos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t9:o1:1
# text = He helped beat the Giants and smashed Polybotes with Cos
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Giants	Giant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	Polybotes	polybote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Cos	Cos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **beat** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the Giants |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location giant=Theme |
| 3 | **smash** | past | He *not said here* | Polybotes |  |  |  | with Cos | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent polybote=Patient with cos=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He fought beside Zeus, but then he got cursed and had to serve Laomedon building walls for ages

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t9:o2:1
# text = He fought beside Zeus, but then he got cursed and had to serve Laomedon building walls for ages
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	Laomedon	Laomedon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
16	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | He |  |  | Zeus |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **curse** | past · passive |  | Zeus |  |  | then |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **serve** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Laomedon building walls |  |  | for ages |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wall=Theme for age=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, he sat out the fight with the Giants at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t9:o3:1
# text = Nah, he sat out the fight with the Giants at home
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Giants	Giant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit out** | past | he | the fight |  | home |  | with the Giants | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent fight=Theme at home=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He helped Zeus, then ran off to sulk for a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:515-pg22381-part21:t9:o4:1
# text = He helped Zeus, then ran off to sulk for a year
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sulk	sulk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | He |  | Zeus |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeus=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **run off** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sulk** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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