Exam question 3 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brin…

Which of the following describes the conditions under which Aides consented to release Cerberus to the upper-world?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aides · What happens: follow, be, consent, release · To what, where: conditions, Cerberus

This is exam question 3 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 conditions	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 conditions	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conditions	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 conditions	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 conditions	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conditions	det
7	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	under	under	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 consented	obl
10	Aides	Aides	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 consented	nsubj
11	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 conditions	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 release	mark
13	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 consented	xcomp
14	Cerberus	Cerberus	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 release	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 world	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 world	det
17	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 world	amod
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 upper	punct
19	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 release	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conditions	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				of the conditions	tree rules
3	consent	past	Aides		the conditions		vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	release	to-infinitive	Aides not said here	Cerberus		to the upper world	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer cerberus=Source

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

He demanded that the hero bring a gift to Persephone

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 demanded	nsubj
2	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 bring	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hero	det
5	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	nsubj
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 demanded	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gift	det
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Persephone	case
10	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	He						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	bring	infinitive	the hero	a gift		Persephone			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to persephone=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The hero was required to secure the creature while unarmed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 secure	mark
6	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 required	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 creature	det
8	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secure	obj
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 unarmed	mark
10	unarmed	unarm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 secure	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	require	past · passive	the hero	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	secure	to-infinitive	the creature	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition creature=Theme
3	unarm	participle		tree rules

Option 3

The hero was to bring the creature back while carrying his bow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 creature	det
7	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 bring	advmod
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 carrying	mark
10	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 bring	advcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bow	nmod:poss
12	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the hero					bring property	tree rules
2	carry	gerund	the hero not said here	his bow					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme

Option 4

The hero was required to secure the creature while unarmed and without the use of any weapon at all, with only his bare hands

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 secure	mark
6	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 required	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 creature	det
8	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secure	obj
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 unarmed	mark
10	unarmed	unarm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 secure	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 use	cc
12	without	without	ADP	_	14 use	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 use	det
14	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 weapon	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 weapon	det
17	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 use	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 required	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 hands	punct
21	with	with	ADP	_	25 hands	case
22	only	only	ADV	_	25 hands	advmod
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 hands	nmod:poss
24	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 hands	amod
25	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive	the hero	all	with his bare hands	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	secure	to-infinitive	the creature			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition creature=Theme
3	unarm	participle				tree rules
4	use		any weapon			nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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