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title: Bruh, why did the Argives even go to Thebes? — Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, why did the Argives even go to Thebes? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 551 «Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Thebans flee, Alcmaeon kills his mother, and the Heraclidae win at Athens» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 2 · ★ · Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Theba…

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Bruh, why did the Argives even go to Thebes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Argives · **What happens:** do, go · **To what, where:** Thebes

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 551 «Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Thebans flee, Alcmaeon kills his mother, and the Heraclidae win at Athens» 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/551-pg22381-part57/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t2:1
# text = Bruh, why did the Argives even go to Thebes?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Argives	Argive	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | the Argives |  |  | Thebes |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to thebe=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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To take the city and loot it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t2:o1:1
# text = To take the city and loot it
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loot	loot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | the city |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme |
| 2 | **loot** | infinitive |  | city |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To hunt for the necklace there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t2:o2:1
# text = To hunt for the necklace there
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | there |  | for the necklace | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for necklace=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To get revenge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t2:o3:1
# text = To get revenge
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | revenge |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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For the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t2:o4:1
# text = For the gold
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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