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description: Which individual approaches Antaeus in the course of this passage, and what distinguishing equipment does he bear? Exam question 1 of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

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Which individual approaches Antaeus in the course of this passage, and what distinguishing equipment does he bear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** individual, distinguishing equipment · **What happens:** approach, bear · **To what, where:** Antaeus, course

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» 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/2052-pg976-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e1:1
# text = Which individual approaches Antaeus in the course of this passage, and what distinguishing equipment does he bear?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	approaches	approach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Antaeus	Antaeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
14	distinguishing	distinguishing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | present | which individual | Antaeus |  | the course of this passage |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antaeus=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | present · do-support | distinguishing equipment |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hercules, bearing a golden helmet and a club, who walks slowly towards the sleeping Giant on the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = Hercules, bearing a golden helmet and a club, who walks slowly towards the sleeping Giant on the road
1	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | Hercules | a golden helmet and a club |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient |
| 2 | **walk** | present | a golden helmet and a club |  |  | the sleeping |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards sleeping=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Hercules, bearing a golden helmet and a club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = Hercules, bearing a golden helmet and a club
1	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | Hercules | a golden helmet and a club |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a Pygmy chief, carrying a spear and shield

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = a Pygmy chief, carrying a spear and shield
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund | a Pygmy chief *not said here* | a spear and shield |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hercules, bearing a golden helmet, a club, and a lion skin cape thrown over his back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = Hercules, bearing a golden helmet, a club, and a lion skin cape thrown over his back
1	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | Hercules | a golden helmet and a club |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient |
| 2 | **throw** | participle · passive |  | a skin cape |  | Hercules's back |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme over back=Destination |

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