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title: mate says ancient Olympic winners got gold medals like now. did they? — Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympic… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate says ancient Olympic winners got gold medals like now. did they? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 1 · ★ · Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
mate says ancient Olympic winners got gold medals like now. did they?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, ancient Olympic winners, winners · **What happens:** say, get, do · **To what, where:** gold medals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» of the history 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/history/12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t1:1
# text = mate says ancient Olympic winners got gold medals like now. did they?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Olympic	olympic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	winners	winner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	medals	medal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | past | ancient Olympic winners | gold medals |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medal=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** | past | winners *= winner* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they got nothing at all, not even a prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t1:o1:1
# text = No, they got nothing at all, not even a prize
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they | nothing |  | all |  | a prize *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, gold, silver and bronze, just like now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, gold, silver and bronze, just like now
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they got a crown of olive leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t1:o3:1
# text = No, they got a crown of olive leaves
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	olive	olive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they | a crown of olive leaves |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crown=Stimulus |
| 2 | **crown** |  |  | olive leaves |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and a new chariot and a big house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, and a new chariot and a big house
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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