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title: "The Trojan Horse 100% happened, it's in a really old poem" What's t… — Ancient times and famous stories · tree and pragmatics
description: "The Trojan Horse 100% happened, it's in a really old poem" What's the fairest reply? Test 5 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · Ancient times and famous stories

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"The Trojan Horse 100% happened, it's in a really old poem" What's the fairest reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, old poem · **What happens:** happen, be · **To what, where:** old poem, fairest reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths 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/myths/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t5:1
# text = "The Trojan Horse 100% happened, it's in a really old poem" What's the fairest reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Trojan	trojan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  | a old poem |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | a old poem | the fairest reply |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Troy was real, but the horse is a legend with no evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t5:o1:1
# text = Troy was real, but the horse is a legend with no evidence
1	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Troy |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the horse | a legend |  |  |  | with no evidence | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It happened, because old poems like that one are always true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t5:o2:1
# text = It happened, because old poems like that one are always true
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	12	advmod	_	_
12	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | old poems like that one |  |  |  |  | always, true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Troy never existed at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t5:o3:1
# text = Troy never existed at all
1	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	existed	exist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past | Troy |  |  | all |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The horse was real but Troy was made up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t5:o4:1
# text = The horse was real but Troy was made up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	Troy	Troy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the horse |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make up** | past · passive |  | Troy |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |

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