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description: Explain the reason for which Alcmene exposed her infant son in a remote field. Exam question 4 of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 4 · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned ro…

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Explain the reason for which Alcmene exposed her infant son in a remote field.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Alcmene · **What happens:** explain, expose · **To what, where:** reason, infant son, remote field

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 541 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned robe, Pelops wins a race, baby Heracles and the snakes, Vice's offer» 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/541-pg22381-part47/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:e4:1
# text = Explain the reason for which Alcmene exposed her infant son in a remote field.
1	Explain	explain	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	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	Alcmene	Alcmene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	exposed	expose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **expose** | past | Alcmene | Alcmene's infant son |  | a remote field |  | for the reason | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot son=Topic |

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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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Zeus ordered her to hide the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:e4:o1:1
# text = Zeus ordered her to hide the child
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | Zeus |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Zeus *not said here* | the child |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

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

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She feared Hera's hatred might harm the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:e4:o2:1
# text = She feared Hera's hatred might harm the child
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **harm** | might | Hera's hatred | the child |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She feared that her husband would kill the infant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:e4:o3:1
# text = She feared that her husband would kill the infant
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **kill** | would | her husband | the infant |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infant=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She feared that Hera's jealous hatred, which had pursued the child since his birth, would destroy him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:e4:o4:1
# text = She feared that Hera's jealous hatred, which had pursued the child since his birth, would destroy him
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	since	since	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pursue** | past · perfect · passive |  | Hera's jealous hatred |  |  | since child's birth |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **destroy** | would | She *not said here* | child |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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