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title: So Pirithoeus and Theseus got stuck in Hades, like, forever? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: So Pirithoeus and Theseus got stuck in Hades, like, forever? Test 11 · ★ 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; 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

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So Pirithoeus and Theseus got stuck in Hades, like, forever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pirithoeus · **What happens:** get

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t11:1
# text = So Pirithoeus and Theseus got stuck in Hades, like, forever?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	Pirithoeus	Pirithoeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hades	Hade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Pirithoeus and Theseus |  |  |  |  | forever, stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Pirithoeus stayed stuck for ever, and Theseus got out on his own by begging Hades for mercy and grace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t11:o1:1
# text = Pirithoeus stayed stuck for ever, and Theseus got out on his own by begging Hades for mercy and grace
1	Pirithoeus	Pirithoeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
14	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
16	Hades	Hade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Pirithoeus |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get out** | past | Theseus |  |  | Theseus's own |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | Theseus *not said here* |  | Hades |  |  | for mercy and grace | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent hade=Recipient for mercy=Topic |

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

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Pirithoeus stayed stuck, but Heracles got Theseus out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t11:o2:1
# text = Pirithoeus stayed stuck, but Heracles got Theseus out
1	Pirithoeus	Pirithoeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	Theseus	theseus	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Pirithoeus |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get out** | past | Heracles |  |  |  |  | out, theseus *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pirithoeus stayed stuck, but Heracles got Theseus out after he'd been down there for years and years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t11:o3:1
# text = Pirithoeus stayed stuck, but Heracles got Theseus out after he'd been down there for years and years
1	Pirithoeus	Pirithoeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
8	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
14	down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	parataxis	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Pirithoeus |  |  |  | year | stuck *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get out** | past | Heracles | Theseus |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past · perfect | Heracles |  |  |  |  | down, there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Theseus stayed stuck, then Athene pulled him out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t11:o4:1
# text = Theseus stayed stuck, then Athene pulled him out
1	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	Athene	Athene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Theseus |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pull out** | past | Athene | Theseus |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

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