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title: Which character was the principal agent in the death of the aged The… — Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the trut… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character was the principal agent in the death of the aged Theseus? Exam question 1 of lesson 549 «Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the sons quarrel over Thebes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the…

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Which character was the principal agent in the death of the aged Theseus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character, aged Theseus · **What happens:** be, die · **To what, where:** principal agent, death

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 549 «Greek Myths, Oedipus, part 2: the truth comes out and the sons quarrel over Thebes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/549-pg22381-part55/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e1:1
# text = Which character was the principal agent in the death of the aged Theseus?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which character | the principal agent |  | the death of the aged Theseus |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** |  | the aged Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Lycomedes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e1:o1:1
# text = Lycomedes
1	Lycomedes	Lycomedes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Aegeus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e1:o2:1
# text = Aegeus
1	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Peleus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e1:o3:1
# text = Peleus
1	Peleus	Peleus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pirithous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:549-pg22381-part55:e1:o4:1
# text = Pirithous
1	Pirithous	Pirithous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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