Exam question 4 · Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wo…

Upon what grounds did Heracles conduct the Erymantian boar alive to the city of Mycenae?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Heracles · What happens: conduct · To what, where: Erymantian boar

This is exam question 4 of lesson 543 «Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wounds Chiron, hunts the boar and tackles the stables and birds» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 conduct	obl
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 conduct	aux
5	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conduct	nsubj
6	conduct	conduct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boar	det
8	Erymantian	erymantian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boar	amod
9	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conduct	obj
10	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 conduct	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 city	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 city	det
13	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conduct	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Mycenae	case
15	Mycenae	Mycenae	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 city	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 conduct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	past · do-support	Heracles	the Erymantian boar				to the city of Mycenae; alive property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boar=Theme upon what=Destination

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

he had exhausted it by relentless pursuit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 exhausted	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 exhausted	aux
3	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 exhausted	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 pursuit	case
6	relentless	relentless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pursuit	amod
7	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exhausted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhaust	past · perfect	he	it				by relentless pursuit	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

Option 2

he had exhausted it by relentless pursuit through snow and bound it in chains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 exhausted	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 exhausted	aux
3	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 exhausted	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 pursuit	case
6	relentless	relentless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pursuit	amod
7	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exhausted	obl
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 snow	case
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pursuit	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bound	cc
11	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 exhausted	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bound	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 chains	case
14	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhaust	past · perfect	he	it				by relentless pursuit through snow	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
2	bind	past	he not said here	snow				in chains	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination in chain=Theme

Option 3

he had wearied it through a long chase across the mountains and then bound its feet with chains

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wearied	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wearied	aux
3	wearied	weary	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wearied	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 chase	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chase	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chase	amod
8	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wearied	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 mountains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mountains	det
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wearied	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bound	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 bound	advmod
14	bound	bound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wearied	conj
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 feet	nmod:poss
16	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bound	obj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 chains	case
18	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weary	past · perfect	he	it		a long chase		across the mountains	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
2	bound	infinitive	he not said here	chase's feet			then	with chains	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location foot=Theme

Option 4

he had cornered it in a deep trench

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cornered	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cornered	aux
3	cornered	corner	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cornered	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 trench	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 trench	det
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 trench	amod
8	trench	trench	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cornered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	corner	past · perfect	he	it		a deep trench			tree rules

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