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title: So what did Aetes promise if the boys proved they were proper gods? — Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Flee… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what did Aetes promise if the boys proved they were proper gods? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 539 «Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the field of Ares, the Fleece and a murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 4 · ★ · Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the fie…

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So what did Aetes promise if the boys proved they were proper gods?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boys · **What happens:** do, prove, be · **To what, where:** Aetes promise, proper gods

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 539 «Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the field of Ares, the Fleece and a murder» 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/539-pg22381-part45/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:t4:1
# text = So what did Aetes promise if the boys proved they were proper gods?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Aetes	Aetes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	proved	prove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Aetes promise |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality |
| 2 | **prove** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the boys |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | boys *= boy* | proper gods |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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They'd get the ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:t4:o1:1
# text = They'd get the ship
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | They | the ship |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The Fleece would be sold, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:t4:o2:1
# text = The Fleece would be sold, mate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fleece	fleece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	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 | **sell** | would · passive |  | the Fleece |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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The Fleece would be theirs, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:t4:o3:1
# text = The Fleece would be theirs, fam
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fleece	fleece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	theirs	their	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would | the Fleece | theirs *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gold for them, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:539-pg22381-part45:t4:o4:1
# text = Gold for them, fam
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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