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title: Phyleus got the throne of Elis?? that's proper lucky innit — Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Phyleus got the throne of Elis?? that's proper lucky innit Test 8 · ★ of lesson 545 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brings Cerberus up, kills Iphitus by accident, serves Omphale and takes revenge on two kings» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 8 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brin…

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Phyleus got the throne of Elis?? that's proper lucky innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Phyleus, that · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** throne, proper lucky innit

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 545 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brings Cerberus up, kills Iphitus by accident, serves Omphale and takes revenge on two kings» 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/545-pg22381-part51/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t8:1
# text = Phyleus got the throne of Elis?? that's proper lucky innit
1	Phyleus	Phyleus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Elis	Elis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	??	??	SYM	SYM	_	12	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Phyleus | the throne of Elis |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer throne=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | proper lucky innit |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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yeah, Heracles put him on the empty throne of Elis as a reward for backing him in the fight

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t8:o1:1
# text = yeah, Heracles put him on the empty throne of Elis as a reward for backing him in the fight
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Elis	Elis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	backing	back	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | Heracles | him *= he* |  | the empty throne of Elis |  | as a reward | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on throne=Destination |
| 2 | **back** | gerund | Heracles *not said here* | Heracles |  | the fight |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme in fight=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, Heracles gave it to him for supporting the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t8:o2:1
# text = yeah, Heracles gave it to him for supporting the war
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	supporting	support	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Heracles | it | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient |
| 2 | **support** | gerund | Heracles *not said here* | the war |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer war=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, after Heracles killed Augeas, he gave the empty throne of Elis to Phyleus as thanks for backing him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t8:o3:1
# text = yeah, after Heracles killed Augeas, he gave the empty throne of Elis to Phyleus as thanks for backing him
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Augeas	Augeas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Elis	Elis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Phyleus	Phyleus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
19	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	backing	back	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | Heracles | Augeas |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent augeas=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | Heracles | the empty throne of Elis | Phyleus |  |  | as thanks | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent throne=Theme to phyleus=Recipient |
| 3 | **back** | gerund | thanks *not said here* | Heracles |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

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

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yeah, Heracles gave him the empty throne for backing him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t8:o4:1
# text = yeah, Heracles gave him the empty throne for backing him
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	backing	back	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Heracles | the empty throne | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient throne=Theme |
| 2 | **back** | gerund | Heracles *not said here* | Heracles |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

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