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title: So did Theseus get the throne lol, or what? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: So did Theseus get the throne lol, or what? Test 3 · ★ 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 was 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

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So did Theseus get the throne lol, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Theseus · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** throne

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t3:1
# text = So did Theseus get the throne lol, or what?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Theseus | the throne |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent throne=Beneficiary what=Theme |

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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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Nah, the people wasn't having it, mate, so he left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t3:o1:1
# text = Nah, the people wasn't having it, mate, so he left
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | past · progressive | the people | it |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Yeah, he got it, and everyone was well chuffed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he got it, and everyone was well chuffed
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | everyone |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but the people were not well happy about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, but the people were not well happy about it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the people |  |  |  |  | about it; happy, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he didn't

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t3:o4:1
# text = Nah, he didn't
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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