Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the…

According to the narrator, what would have happened had Hercules continued striking Antaeus?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator, Hercules · What happens: accord, happen, have, continue, strike · To what, where: Antaeus

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2053 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off the ground and wins, then the Pygmies plan revenge» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrator	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrator	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 happened	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happened	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 happened	aux
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 happened	aux
9	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 narrator	acl:relcl
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 continued	nsubj
12	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 had	ccomp
13	striking	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 continued	xcomp
14	Antaeus	Antaeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 striking	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	happen	would · perfect	the narrator			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	past			accord the narrator	tree rules
4	continue	past	Hercules			vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	strike	gerund	Hercules not said here	Antaeus		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent antaeus=Instrument

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

The Giant would have grown stronger from the earth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Giant	det
2	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grown	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grown	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 grown	aux
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 grown	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 earth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 earth	det
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stronger	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would · perfect · passive		the Giant				strong property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Giant would have grown stronger through contact with the earth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Giant	det
2	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grown	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grown	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 grown	aux
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 grown	xcomp
7	through	through	ADP	_	8 contact	case
8	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stronger	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 earth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 earth	det
11	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contact	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would · perfect · passive		the Giant				strong property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Giant would have grown stronger and then tricked Hercules into lifting him back up to the sky forever.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Giant	det
2	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grown	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grown	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 grown	aux
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 grown	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tricked	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 tricked	advmod
9	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grown	conj
10	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 tricked	obj
11	into	into	SCONJ	_	12 lifting	mark
12	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 tricked	advcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lifting	obj
14	back	back	ADV	_	15 up	advmod
15	up	up	ADV	_	12 lifting	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 sky	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sky	det
18	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lifting	obl
19	forever	forever	ADV	_	12 lifting	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would · perfect · passive	the Giant			strong property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	trick	past	Hercules		then		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hercules=Patient
3	lift	gerund	Hercules	the sky		forever property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to sky=Destination

Option 4

The Giant would have fled into the desert.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Giant	det
2	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fled	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fled	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 fled	aux
5	fled	flee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 desert	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 desert	det
8	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	would · perfect · passive		the Giant		the desert			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location

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