--- title: Wait, who was Academus, then, a legend or what? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, who was Academus, then, a legend or what? Test 12 · ★ 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 choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/548-pg22381-part54/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses… Wait, who was Academus, then, a legend or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** Academus This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t12:1 # text = Wait, who was Academus, then, a legend or what? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 Academus Academus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | Academus | | | | | tree rules | 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} He was a local who helped the Amazons find Theseus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t12:o1:1 # text = He was a local who helped the Amazons find Theseus 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Amazons Amazon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | local *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **help** | past | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | present | the Amazons | Theseus | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theseus=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was a citizen who told the Dioscuri where Helen was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t12:o2:1 # text = He was a citizen who told the Dioscuri where Helen was 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 citizen citizen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Dioscuri Dioscuri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 10 Helen Helen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a citizen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a citizen | Helen | the Dioscuri | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dioscuri=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Some Athenian bloke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t12:o3:1 # text = Some Athenian bloke 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 Athenian Athenian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} He was a soldier who spied on Theseus for the Lapiths ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t12:o4:1 # text = He was a soldier who spied on Theseus for the Lapiths 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 spied spy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Lapiths lapith NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a soldier | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spy** | past | a soldier | | | Theseus | | for the Lapiths | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | **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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