--- title: yo, why did Antaeus get stronger every time he touched the ground? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11… · tree and pragmatics description: yo, why did Antaeus get stronger every time he touched the ground? Test 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2052-pg976-part11/t1/) [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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2052-pg976-part11/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th… yo, why did Antaeus get stronger every time he touched the ground? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Antaeus · **What happens:** get, touch · **To what, where:** ground This is test 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. 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/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t1:1 # text = yo, why did Antaeus get stronger every time he touched the ground? 1 yo yo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Antaeus Antaeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Antaeus | | | | time | strong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **touch** | past | Antaeus | the ground | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | 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} cuz he was a god ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t1:o1:1 # text = cuz he was a god 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | cuz | a god | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cuz Mama Earth was his mum and she hooked him up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t1:o2:1 # text = cuz Mama Earth was his mum and she hooked him up 1 cuz cuz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 Mama Mama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 hooked hook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | cuz | cuz's mum | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hook up** | past | she | cuz | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} cuz he drank the magic river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t1:o3:1 # text = cuz he drank the magic river 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | cuz | the magic river | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} cuz he had a magic pine tree that glows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t1:o4:1 # text = cuz he had a magic pine tree that glows 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 glows glow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | cuz | a magic pine tree | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | | 2 | **glow** | present | a magic pine tree | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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