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title: What was the principal reason the Pygmies gathered after Hercules fe… — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal reason the Pygmies gathered after Hercules fell asleep? Exam question 2 of lesson 2053 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off the ground and wins, then the Pygmies plan revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the…

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What was the principal reason the Pygmies gathered after Hercules fell asleep?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pygmies, Hercules · **What happens:** be, gather, fall · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2053 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off the ground and wins, then the Pygmies plan revenge» 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/2053-pg976-part12/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:e2:1
# text = What was the principal reason the Pygmies gathered after Hercules fell asleep?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gather** | past | the Pygmies | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **fall** | past | Hercules |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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To deliberate upon avenging their slain brother and deciding how the whole tribe could take revenge.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:e2:o1:1
# text = To deliberate upon avenging their slain brother and deciding how the whole tribe could take revenge.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	avenging	avenge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	slain	slain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
16	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avenge** | gerund |  | their slain brother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **take** | could | the whole tribe | revenge |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To deliberate upon burying their brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:e2:o2:1
# text = To deliberate upon burying their brother.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	burying	bury	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | gerund |  | their brother |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To deliberate upon feasting for their slain brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:e2:o3:1
# text = To deliberate upon feasting for their slain brother.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	feasting	feast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	slain	slain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for their slain brother | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To deliberate upon avenging their slain brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:e2:o4:1
# text = To deliberate upon avenging their slain brother.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	avenging	avenge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	slain	slain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avenge** | gerund |  | their slain brother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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