Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned ro…

Explain the reason for which Alcmene exposed her infant son in a remote field.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Alcmene · What happens: explain, expose · To what, where: reason, infant son, remote field

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	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 Explain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 exposed	obl
6	Alcmene	Alcmene	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 exposed	nsubj
7	exposed	expose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 son	nmod:poss
9	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 son	amod
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exposed	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 field	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 field	det
13	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 field	amod
14	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exposed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	expose	past	Alcmene	Alcmene's infant son		a remote field		for the reason	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot son=Topic

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

Zeus ordered her to hide the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hide	mark
5	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	Zeus		her = she				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	Zeus not said here	the child					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She feared Hera's hatred might harm the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hatred	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Hera	case
5	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harm	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 harm	aux
7	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	She						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	harm	might	Hera's hatred	the child					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer

Option 3

She feared that her husband would kill the infant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 kill	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 husband	nmod:poss
5	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kill	aux
7	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 infant	det
9	infant	infant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	She						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	kill	would	her husband	the infant					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infant=Theme

Option 4

She feared that Hera's jealous hatred, which had pursued the child since his birth, would destroy him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 hatred	mark
4	Hera	Hera	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hatred	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Hera	case
6	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hatred	amod
7	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pursued	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 pursued	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 pursued	aux
11	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 hatred	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pursued	obj
14	since	since	ADP	_	16 birth	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 birth	nmod:poss
16	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pursued	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 destroy	punct
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 destroy	aux
19	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 destroy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	fear	past	She			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	pursue	past · perfect · passive		Hera's jealous hatred	since child's birth	tree rules
3	destroy	would	She not said here	child		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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