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title: Which event directly caused Aegeus to end his own life at Athens? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which event directly caused Aegeus to end his own life at Athens? Exam question 1 of lesson 548 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses his throne and goes into exile» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

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Which event directly caused Aegeus to end his own life at Athens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** event, Aegeus · **What happens:** cause, end · **To what, where:** Aegeus, own life, Athens

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 548 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses his throne and goes into exile» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/548-pg22381-part54/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:e1:1
# text = Which event directly caused Aegeus to end his own life at Athens?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | which event | Aegeus |  |  |  | directly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | to-infinitive | Aegeus *not said here* | event's own life |  | Athens |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality |

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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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The sight of the black sails upon Theseus's returning ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:e1:o1:1
# text = The sight of the black sails upon Theseus's returning ship
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	returning	return	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | the black sails upon Theseus's returning ship |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The failure of Theseus to change the black sails upon his return from Crete and the sea's rising waves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:e1:o2:1
# text = The failure of Theseus to change the black sails upon his return from Crete and the sea's rising waves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Crete	Crete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | to-infinitive |  | the black sails |  |  |  | upon Theseus's return from Crete and the sea's rising waves | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Patient |
| 2 | **fail** |  | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **return** |  | Theseus |  |  | Crete |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |
| 4 | **wave** |  | the sea |  |  |  |  |  | nom wave «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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The failure of Theseus to change the black sails upon his return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:e1:o3:1
# text = The failure of Theseus to change the black sails upon his return
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | to-infinitive |  | the black sails |  |  |  | upon Theseus's return | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Patient |
| 2 | **fail** |  | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **return** |  | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The report that Theseus had been killed by the Minotaur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:e1:o4:1
# text = The report that Theseus had been killed by the Minotaur
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Minotaur	Minotaur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | the Minotaur | Theseus |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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