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title: ngl that Thersites dude was so weak, what happened to him? — Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61:… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl that Thersites dude was so weak, what happened to him? Test 6 · ★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Trojan War, part 61: Hector dies, Achille…

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ngl that Thersites dude was so weak, what happened to him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t6:1
# text = ngl that Thersites dude was so weak, what happened to him?
1	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	Thersites	Thersite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
4	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Achilles punched him dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t6:o1:1
# text = Achilles punched him dead
1	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	punched	punch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punch** | past | Achilles | him *= he* |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Diomedes stabbed him down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t6:o2:1
# text = Diomedes stabbed him down
1	Diomedes	Diomedes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab down** | past | Diomedes | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Achilles knocked him out with a single punch to the jaw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t6:o3:1
# text = Achilles knocked him out with a single punch to the jaw
1	Achilles	Achilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	punch	punch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock out** | past | Achilles | him *= he* |  |  |  | with a single punch; to the jaw *result* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with punch=Instrument to jaw=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ajax struck him so hard he died later in the tent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:555-pg22381-part61:t6:o4:1
# text = Ajax struck him so hard he died later in the tent
1	Ajax	Ajax	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | Ajax | him *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument |
| 2 | **die** | past | Ajax |  |  |  |  | in the tent; late *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in tent=Attribute |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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