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title: did Tantalus really eat at Zeus's table? — Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead… · tree and pragmatics
description: did Tantalus really eat at Zeus's table? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» 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
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# Test 12 · ★ · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

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did Tantalus really eat at Zeus's table?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, eat · **To what, where:** Tantalus, table

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» 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/522-pg22381-part28/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t12:1
# text = did Tantalus really eat at Zeus's table?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Tantalus	Tantalus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Tantalus |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tantalus=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | present |  |  |  | Zeus's table |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Nah, he only ate at the table of Hades, serving the shades of the dead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, he only ate at the table of Hades, serving the shades of the dead
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	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hades	Hade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	serving	serve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	shades	shade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | he |  |  | the table of Hades |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **serve** | gerund | he *not said here* | the shades of the dead |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shade=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he stole the gods' nectar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he stole the gods' nectar
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | he | the gods's nectar |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nectar=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but he was caught stealing their nectar and ambrosia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, but he was caught stealing their nectar and ambrosia
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ambrosia	ambrosia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **steal** | gerund |  | their nectar and ambrosia |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nectar=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Zeus liked his talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, Zeus liked his talk
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | Zeus | Zeus's talk |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot talk=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** |  | Zeus |  |  |  |  |  | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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