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title: bruv, did Achilles reckon being a king of the dead was peak? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, did Achilles reckon being a king of the dead was peak? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 521 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead, part 27: Midas's gold river, then Dionysus and Aides» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 10 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead,…

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bruv, did Achilles reckon being a king of the dead was peak?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Achilles · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** king

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 521 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Midas and the gods of the dead, part 27: Midas's gold river, then Dionysus and Aides» 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/521-pg22381-part27/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:t10:1
# text = bruv, did Achilles reckon being a king of the dead was peak?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | Achilles |  |  |  |  | bruv *vocative* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | a king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of dead peak | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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no, he'd rather be a labourer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:t10:o1:1
# text = no, he'd rather be a labourer
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	labourer	labourer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yes, he'd rather be a king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:t10:o2:1
# text = yes, he'd rather be a king
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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no, he'd prefer a shepherd's life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:t10:o3:1
# text = no, he'd prefer a shepherd's life
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	prefer	prefer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | would | he | a shepherd's life |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, he did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:521-pg22381-part27:t10:o4:1
# text = yes, he did
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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