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title: Identify the reason that Hercules gives for his presence upon the ro… — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the reason that Hercules gives for his presence upon the road through the territory. Exam question 3 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 dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

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Identify the reason that Hercules gives for his presence upon the road through the territory.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Hercules · **What happens:** identify, give · **To what, where:** reason, territory

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e3:1
# text = Identify the reason that Hercules gives for his presence upon the road through the territory.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | present | Hercules | the reason *not said here* |  | the territory |  | for Hercules's presence upon the road | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for presence=Asset |

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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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the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus, as well as the slaying of the nearby giant

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus, as well as the slaying of the nearby giant
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	15	cc	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	fixed	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	slaying	slaying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** |  |  | the nearby giant |  |  |  |  | nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus, who had sent him on this errand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = the collection of three golden apples for King Eurystheus, who had sent him on this errand
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	errand	errand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · perfect | three golden apples for King | King |  | this errand |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the rescue of his cousin from the bottom of the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = the rescue of his cousin from the bottom of the sea
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** |  |  | his cousin from the bottom of the sea |  |  |  |  | nom rescue «act transitive»: of=patient |

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