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title: Bruh, why did Medea kill her own kids? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, why did Medea kill her own kids? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned ro…

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Bruh, why did Medea kill her own kids?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Medea · **What happens:** kill · **To what, where:** own kids

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» 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/541-pg22381-part47/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t2:1
# text = Bruh, why did Medea kill her own kids?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Medea	Medea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · do-support | Medea | Medea's own kids |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme |

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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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She was insane from a curse of the gods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t2:o1:1
# text = She was insane from a curse of the gods
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	insane	insane	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  | a curse of the gods |  | insane *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **curse** |  |  | the gods |  |  |  |  | nom curse «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She was mad Jason didn't love her anymore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t2:o2:1
# text = She was mad Jason didn't love her anymore
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	anymore	anymore	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **love** | past · do-support | Jason | her *= she* |  |  |  | anymore *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because the gods cursed her family line and Jason publicly mocked her in the hall before all the guests

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t2:o3:1
# text = Because the gods cursed her family line and Jason publicly mocked her in the hall before all the guests
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | the gods | her family line |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme |
| 2 | **mock** | past | Jason | her *= she* |  | the hall | before all guests | publicly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To hurt Jason, because he had abandoned her for Glauce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t2:o4:1
# text = To hurt Jason, because he had abandoned her for Glauce
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Glauce	Glauce	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | to-infinitive | Jason *not said here* | Jason |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jason=Patient |
| 2 | **abandon** | past · perfect | Jason | her *= she* |  |  |  | for Glauce | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme she=Source |

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