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title: How did Hyacinthus get whacked? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did Hyacinthus get whacked? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» 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 was wrong
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# Test 7 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

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How did Hyacinthus get whacked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** whack · **To what, where:** Hyacinthus

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» 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/510-pg22381-part16/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t7:1
# text = How did Hyacinthus get whacked?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Hyacinthus	Hyacinthus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	whacked	whack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whack** | past · passive · do-support |  | Hyacinthus |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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Zephyrus blew a discus off course and it smacked him on the bonce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t7:o1:1
# text = Zephyrus blew a discus off course and it smacked him on the bonce
1	Zephyrus	Zephyrus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	discus	discus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	smacked	smack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bonce	bonce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | Zephyrus | a discus |  |  |  | off course | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent discus=Patient off course=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **smack** | past | discus | Zephyrus |  |  |  | on the bonce | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument on bonce=Patient |

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

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A discus smacked him on the bonce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t7:o2:1
# text = A discus smacked him on the bonce
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	discus	discus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smacked	smack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bonce	bonce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smack** | past | a discus | him *= he* |  |  |  | on the bonce | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument on bonce=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A javelin got him in the chest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t7:o3:1
# text = A javelin got him in the chest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	javelin	javelin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | a javelin | him *= he* |  | the chest |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A discus hit him on the neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t7:o4:1
# text = A discus hit him on the neck
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	discus	discus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | a discus | him *= he* |  |  |  | on the neck | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument on neck=Patient |

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