Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, The Death of Heracles, part 52: Heracles dies…

By what means did the poisoned garment inflict its harm upon the hero?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: poisoned garment, garment · What happens: mean, poison, inflict, harm · To what, where: harm

This is exam question 3 of lesson 546 «Greek Myths, The Death of Heracles, part 52: Heracles dies in a poisoned robe, and Deianeira takes her own life.» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 inflict	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 inflict	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garment	det
6	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 garment	amod
7	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inflict	nsubj
8	inflict	inflict	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 harm	nmod:poss
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inflict	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 hero	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hero	det
13	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inflict	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 inflict	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	poison	participle				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	inflict	past · do-support	the poisoned garment	garment's harm	upon the hero	tree rules
4	harm		garment			nom harm «state transitive»: poss=agent

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 burning poison that the robe released in the flames of the altar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 poison	det
2	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 poison	amod
3	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 released	nsubj:pass
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 robe	det
6	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 released	nsubj:pass
7	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 poison	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 flames	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flames	det
10	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 released	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 altar	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 altar	det
13	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flames	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	burn	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	release	participle · passive		the burning poison	the flames of the altar	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
3	flame		the altar			nom flame «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

the smoke of the burning altar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 smoke	det
2	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 altar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 altar	det
5	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 altar	amod
6	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smoke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smoke		the burning altar						nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

the venom that spread through his veins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 venom	det
2	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 spread	nsubj
4	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 veins	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 veins	nmod:poss
7	veins	vein	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	the venom			venom's veins			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through vein=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the heat of the altar's flames

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 heat	det
2	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 flames	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 altar	det
5	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flames	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 altar	case
7	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat		the altar's flames						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent
2	flame		the altar						nom flame «process intransitive»: poss=agent

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