Exam question 1 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brin…

Which of the following accounts correctly describes the fate of Iphitus at the hands of Heracles?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, fate · To what, where: fate, hands, Iphitus

This is exam question 1 of lesson 545 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brings Cerberus up, kills Iphitus by accident, serves Omphale and takes revenge on two kings» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 accounts	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 accounts	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 accounts	amod
5	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fate	det
9	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Iphitus	case
11	Iphitus	Iphitus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fate	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 hands	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hands	det
14	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Heracles	case
16	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 hands	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the fate of Iphitus	the hands of Heracles	of the following accounts; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		Iphitus			nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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 was hurled from the tower onto the plain below

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 hurled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hurled	aux:pass
3	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurled	obl
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	9 plain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plain	det
9	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurled	obl
10	below	below	ADV	_	9 plain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past · passive		He		the tower		onto the plain	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from tower=Initial_Location onto plain=Destination

Option 2

He was thrown from a tower

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 thrown	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		He		a tower			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from tower=Initial_Location

Option 3

He fell from the battlements in a quarrel

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	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 battlements	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 battlements	det
5	battlements	battlement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 quarrel	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 quarrel	det
8	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	He			the battlements		in a quarrel	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in quarrel=Location

Option 4

He was pushed from the wall at Tiryns

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 pushed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pushed	aux:pass
3	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 Tiryns	case
8	Tiryns	Tiryns	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past · passive	Tiryns	He		the wall			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from wall=Trajectory

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