--- title: Why did Hercules blank Plutus, like? — Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Hercules blank Plutus, like? Test 11 · ★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/155-pg11339-part25/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool… Why did Hercules blank Plutus, like? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hercules · **What happens:** blank · **To what, where:** Plutus This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t11:1 # text = Why did Hercules blank Plutus, like? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 blank blank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 Plutus Plutus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blank** | past · do-support | Hercules | Plutus | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Plutus kept company with scoundrels and thieves and was no friend to honest men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t11:o1:1 # text = Plutus kept company with scoundrels and thieves and was no friend to honest men 1 Plutus Plutus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 scoundrels scoundrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Plutus | company | | | | with scoundrels and thieves | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent company=Theme man=Attribute | | 2 | **is a** | past | Plutus *not said here* | no friend | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Plutus had cheated Hercules out of his wealth and then ran off laughing, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t11:o2:1 # text = Plutus had cheated Hercules out of his wealth and then ran off laughing, mate 1 Plutus Plutus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 cheated cheat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** | past · perfect | Plutus | Hercules | | Plutus's wealth | | mate *vocative* | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hercules=Source | | 2 | **run off** | past | Plutus *not said here* | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **laugh** | gerund | Plutus *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Plutus hung with scoundrels ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t11:o3:1 # text = Plutus hung with scoundrels 1 Plutus Plutus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 scoundrels scoundrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past | Plutus | | | | | with scoundrels | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Plutus was a proper thief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:t11:o4:1 # text = Plutus was a proper thief 1 Plutus Plutus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Plutus | a proper thief | | | | | tree rules | **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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