--- title: Yo, Helen was only nine when they nicked her, yeah? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, Helen was only nine when they nicked her, yeah? Test 10 · ★ 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 option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/548-pg22381-part54/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/548-pg22381-part54/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses… Yo, Helen was only nine when they nicked her, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Helen, they · **What happens:** be, nick · **To what, where:** nine, Helen This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t10:1 # text = Yo, Helen was only nine when they nicked her, yeah? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Helen Helen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Helen | nine | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **nick** | past | they | Helen | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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} Nah, she was like twenty, mate, I reckon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, she was like twenty, mate, I reckon 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | like twenty; mate *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **reckon** | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, that's what the story says, dead young ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t10:o2:1 # text = Yeah, that's what the story says, dead young 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the story | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Nah, she was older ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t10:o3:1 # text = Nah, she was older 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, she was about twelve or so, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t10:o4:1 # text = Yeah, she was about twelve or so, innit 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 innit innit INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | she | twelve | | | | about *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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