Exam question 2 · Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles sa…

State the number of tasks performed by Heracles and the number of years in which they were accomplished.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, perform, accomplish · To what, where: number, tasks, Heracles

This is exam question 2 of lesson 544 «Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles saves a maiden, wins the oxen and apples, and enters the Underworld» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 number	det
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 tasks	case
5	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 number	nmod
6	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 tasks	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Heracles	case
8	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 number	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 number	det
11	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Heracles	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 years	case
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 number	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 accomplished	obl
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 accomplished	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 accomplished	aux:pass
18	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 years	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the number of tasks			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic
2	perform	participle		tasks not said here		by Heracles and the number of years	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	accomplish	past · passive		Heracles	in years		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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

Ten tasks, accomplished over eight years of service, as recorded in the narrative of the hero's life.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 tasks	nummod
2	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accomplished	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 accomplished	punct
4	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	over	over	ADV	_	6 eight	advmod
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accomplished	obl:unmarked
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 service	case
9	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 years	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 recorded	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 recorded	mark
12	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accomplished	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recorded	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 life	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hero	det
18	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 life	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 hero	case
20	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 narrative	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 accomplished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accomplish	participle · passive		Ten tasks			year		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	record	participle				the narrative of the hero's life			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Ten tasks, accomplished in eight years, as recorded in the narrative.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 tasks	nummod
2	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accomplished	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 accomplished	punct
4	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accomplished	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 recorded	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 recorded	mark
10	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accomplished	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 narrative	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrative	det
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 accomplished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accomplish	participle · passive		Ten tasks			year		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	record	participle				the narrative			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination

Option 3

Twelve tasks, accomplished in seven years, as told in the story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 tasks	nummod
2	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accomplished	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 accomplished	punct
4	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accomplished	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 told	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 told	mark
10	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accomplished	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 story	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 story	det
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 accomplished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accomplish	participle · passive		Twelve tasks			year		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	participle				the story			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Ten tasks, in eight years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 tasks	nummod
2	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 years	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 years	case
5	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tasks	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tasks	punct

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

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