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title: In Percy Jackson the gods are like modern heroes. What were they for… — Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympic… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Percy Jackson the gods are like modern heroes. What were they for the Greeks? Test 4 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 4 · ★ · Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers

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In Percy Jackson the gods are like modern heroes. What were they for the Greeks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gods · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Percy Jackson

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Percy Jackson the gods are like modern heroes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t4:1
# text = In Percy Jackson the gods are like modern heroes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Percy	Percy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Jackson	Jackson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the gods |  |  | Percy Jackson |  | like modern heroes | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What were they for the Greeks?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t4:2
# text = What were they for the Greeks?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | gods *= god* |  |  |  |  | for the Greeks | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only cartoon characters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t4:o1:1
# text = Only cartoon characters
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Real gods to worship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t4:o2:1
# text = Real gods to worship
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	worship	worship	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worship** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Aliens from outer space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t4:o3:1
# text = Aliens from outer space
1	Aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	outer	outer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ordinary kings of Athens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers:t4:o4:1
# text = Ordinary kings of Athens
1	Ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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