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title: Wait, the Amazons came to Athens for revenge, right? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the Amazons came to Athens for revenge, right? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

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Wait, the Amazons came to Athens for revenge, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Amazons · **What happens:** wait, come · **To what, where:** Athens

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t4:1
# text = Wait, the Amazons came to Athens for revenge, right?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Amazons	Amazon	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **come** | past | the Amazons |  |  | Athens |  | for revenge | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to athens=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, cos Theseus nabbed their queen's sister, Hippolyte

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, cos Theseus nabbed their queen's sister, Hippolyte
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nabbed	nab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Hippolyte	Hippolyte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nab** | past | Theseus | their queen's sister |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, the Amazons came cos Hippolyte's people wanted their gold back from the Athenian treasury

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, the Amazons came cos Hippolyte's people wanted their gold back from the Athenian treasury
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Amazons	Amazon	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	cos	cos	X	GW	_	5	parataxis	_	_
7	Hippolyte	Hippolyte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Athenian	Athenian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	treasury	treasury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the Amazons |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **want back** | past | Hippolyte's people | people's gold |  | the Athenian treasury |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, cos Theseus stole their princess Helen, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, cos Theseus stole their princess Helen, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	Helen	Helen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | Theseus | their princess |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location princess=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, cos Theseus nabbed their queen's sister, Hippolyte, and kept her in Athens as his wife

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, cos Theseus nabbed their queen's sister, Hippolyte, and kept her in Athens as his wife
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nabbed	nab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Hippolyte	Hippolyte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nab** | past | Theseus | their queen's sister |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past | Theseus *not said here* | Theseus |  | Athens |  | as Athens's wife | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in athens=Location |

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