--- title: Which fable records Hercules's conduct toward the god of wealth? — Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which fable records Hercules's conduct toward the god of wealth? Exam question 4 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/155-pg11339-part25/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/155-pg11339-part25/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool… Which fable records Hercules's conduct toward the god of wealth? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fable, Hercules · **What happens:** record, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct This is exam question 4 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/155-pg11339-part25/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e4:1 # text = Which fable records Hercules's conduct toward the god of wealth? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 records record VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 toward toward ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **record** | present | which fable | Hercules's conduct | | | | toward the god of wealth | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme | | 2 | **conduct** | | Hercules | | | | | | nom conduct «act 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Hercules and Plutus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e4:o1:1 # text = Hercules and Plutus 1 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Plutus Plutus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Hercules and the apple of discord among the gods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e4:o2:1 # text = Hercules and the apple of discord among the gods 1 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 discord discord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Hercules and the Hydra ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e4:o3:1 # text = Hercules and the Hydra 1 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Hydra Hydra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Plutus and the Witch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e4:o4:1 # text = Plutus and the Witch 1 Plutus Plutus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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