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title: so wait zeus and poseidon both wanted her but nobody got her? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and A… · tree and pragmatics
description: so wait zeus and poseidon both wanted her but nobody got her? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 517 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis weds Peleus, then the war-god Ares is hated by his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 2 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…

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so wait zeus and poseidon both wanted her but nobody got her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, zeus, nobody · **What happens:** wait, want, get · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 517 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis weds Peleus, then the war-god Ares is hated by his father» 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/517-pg22381-part23/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t2:1
# text = so wait zeus and poseidon both wanted her but nobody got her?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	zeus	zeus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	poseidon	poseidon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	both	both	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | zeus and poseidon | her *= she* |  |  |  | both *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past | nobody | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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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yeah cos some oracle said her kid would be stronger than his dad and that was the whole problem

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t2:o1:1
# text = yeah cos some oracle said her kid would be stronger than his dad and that was the whole problem
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	cos	co	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	ccomp	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **co** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | some oracle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | would | oracle's kid |  |  |  |  | than kid's dad and the whole problem; strong *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | past | that | the whole problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nah cos she was a sea nymph and they both just got bored of it all in the end

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t2:o2:1
# text = nah cos she was a sea nymph and they both just got bored of it all in the end
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	nymph	nymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	appos	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a sea nymph |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | they | all |  |  | in the end | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus |

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

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yeah cos the kid was gonna be stronger than his dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t2:o3:1
# text = yeah cos the kid was gonna be stronger than his dad
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	nsubj	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the kid |  |  |  |  | than kid's dad; strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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yeah cos the son would beat his old man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah cos the son would beat his old man
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | would | the son | son's old man |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme |

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