Exam question 2 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned ro…

Identify the manner in which Heracles was instructed in the art of armed warfare.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, instruct · To what, where: manner, Heracles

This is exam question 2 of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» 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 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 instructed	obl
6	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 instructed	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 instructed	aux:pass
8	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 art	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 art	det
11	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 instructed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 warfare	case
13	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 warfare	amod
14	warfare	warfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 art	nmod
15	.	.	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 manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	instruct speech: other	past · passive		Heracles		the manner		in the art of armed warfare	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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 right answer

By Castor, who taught him armed combat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 Castor	case
2	Castor	Castor	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 taught	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 taught	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 taught	nsubj
5	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 taught	obj
7	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 combat	amod
8	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past		armed combat	Castor			by Castor	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient combat=Topic

Option 2

By his father, in the yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 father	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 father	nmod:poss
3	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 father	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 yard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 yard	det
7	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 father	nmod

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

Option 3

By Amphitryon, who taught him chariots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 Amphitryon	case
2	Amphitryon	Amphitryon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 taught	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 taught	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 taught	nsubj
5	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 taught	obj
7	chariots	chariot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past		chariots	Amphitryon			by Amphitryon	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient chariot=Topic

Option 4

By Linus, with a lyre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 Linus	case
2	Linus	Linus	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lyre	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lyre	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lyre	det
6	lyre	lyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Linus	appos

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

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