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title: wait, why'd Achilles get so salty and bounce to Lesbos? — Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61:… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why'd Achilles get so salty and bounce to Lesbos? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 555 «Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achilles drags his body, Penthesilea falls, Achilles dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 4 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achille…

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wait, why'd Achilles get so salty and bounce to Lesbos?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Achilles · **What happens:** wait, get, bounce · **To what, where:** Lesbos

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 555 «Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achilles drags his body, Penthesilea falls, Achilles dies» 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/555-pg22381-part61/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t4:1
# text = wait, why'd Achilles get so salty and bounce to Lesbos?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bounce	bounce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Lesbos	lesbo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 | **get** | infinitive | Achilles |  |  |  |  | salty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **bounce** | present | Achilles *not said here* |  |  | Lesbos |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to lesbo=Destination |

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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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cause Agamemnon didn't back him up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t4:o1:1
# text = cause Agamemnon didn't back him up
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	back	back	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **back up** | past · do-support | Agamemnon | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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cause Briseis got taken from him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t4:o2:1
# text = cause Briseis got taken from him
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Briseis	Briseis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past · passive |  | Briseis |  |  |  | from him *= he* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from he=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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cause the gods told him to leave the battle entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t4:o3:1
# text = cause the gods told him to leave the battle entirely
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the cause gods |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the cause gods *not said here* | the battle |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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cause Agamemnon stole his prize and insulted him in front of everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t4:o4:1
# text = cause Agamemnon stole his prize and insulted him in front of everyone
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	insulted	insult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **steal** | past | Agamemnon | Agamemnon's prize |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prize=Theme |
| 3 | **insult** | past | Agamemnon *not said here* | Agamemnon |  | front of everyone |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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