Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

Identify the reason that Hercules gives for his presence upon the road through the territory.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Hercules · What happens: identify, give · To what, where: reason, territory

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 gives	mark
5	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gives	nsubj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 presence	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 presence	nmod:poss
9	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presence	nmod
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 territory	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 territory	det
15	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	present	Hercules	the reason not said here		the territory		for Hercules's presence upon the road	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for presence=Asset

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus, as well as the slaying of the nearby giant

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 collection	det
2	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 apples	case
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 apples	nummod
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 apples	amod
6	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collection	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 Eurystheus	case
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Eurystheus	compound
9	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 apples	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 slaying	punct
11	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	15 slaying	cc
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 as	fixed
13	as	as	ADP	_	11 as	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 slaying	det
15	slaying	slaying	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Eurystheus	appos
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 giant	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 giant	det
18	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 giant	amod
19	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 slaying	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay			the nearby giant					nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 collection	det
2	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 apples	case
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 apples	nummod
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 apples	amod
6	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collection	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 Eurystheus	case
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Eurystheus	compound
9	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 apples	nmod

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

Option 3

the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus, who had sent him on this errand

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 collection	det
2	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 apples	case
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 apples	nummod
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 apples	amod
6	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collection	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 King	case
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 apples	nmod
9	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 King	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sent	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 sent	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sent	aux
13	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 apples	acl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sent	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 errand	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 errand	det
17	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect	three golden apples for King	King		this errand			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

the rescue of his cousin from the bottom of the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rescue	det
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cousin	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cousin	nmod:poss
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescue	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 bottom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bottom	det
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cousin	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bottom	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue			his cousin from the bottom of the sea					nom rescue «act transitive»: of=patient

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