Test 9 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brin…

why did Deianeira's dad let Heracles go after the kid got killed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Heracles · What happens: do, let, go, kill · To what, where: kid

This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 let	advcl
3	Deianeira	Deianeira	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dad	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Deianeira	case
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 killed	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kid	det
11	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 killed	nsubj:pass
12	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 killed	aux:pass
13	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 go	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Deianeira's dad not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	let	past	Deianeira's dad		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	Heracles		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	kill	past · passive		the kid	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 father blamed him and let him go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 father	det
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blamed	nsubj
3	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 blamed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 blamed	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	blame	past	the father	him = he	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	let	infinitive	the father not said here	father	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	father not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

the father was furious but sent him away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 father	det
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 furious	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 furious	cop
4	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 sent	cc
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 furious	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sent	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the father					furious property	tree rules
2	send away	past	the father not said here	him = he				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

the father saw it was an accident and forgave him, then bought him a new bow

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 father	det
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 accident	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 accident	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 accident	det
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forgave	cc
9	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgave	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bought	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 bought	advmod
13	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bought	iobj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bow	det
16	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bow	amod
17	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	see	past	the father				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	it	a accident			tree rules
3	forgive	past	the father not said here	father			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	buy	past	the father not said here	a new bow	father	then	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary bow=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the father saw it was an accident and forgave him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 father	det
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 accident	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 accident	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 accident	det
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forgave	cc
9	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past	the father		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	it	a accident	tree rules
3	forgive	past	the father not said here	father	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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