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title: Why did Amphitryon send Heracles to the countryside? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Amphitryon send Heracles to the countryside? Test 8 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 8 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 47: a poisoned ro…

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Why did Amphitryon send Heracles to the countryside?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Amphitryon · **What happens:** send · **To what, where:** Heracles, countryside

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This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t8:1
# text = Why did Amphitryon send Heracles to the countryside?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Amphitryon	Amphitryon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · do-support | Amphitryon | Heracles |  | the countryside |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heracles=Theme to countryside=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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Amphitryon had heard the prophecy and wanted his son hidden from the gods and from his enemies

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t8:o1:1
# text = Amphitryon had heard the prophecy and wanted his son hidden from the gods and from his enemies
1	Amphitryon	Amphitryon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | Amphitryon | the prophecy |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer prophecy=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | past | Amphitryon *not said here* | Amphitryon's son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hide** *not said to happen* | participle | Amphitryon's son *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the gods and Amphitryon's enemies | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from god=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The king ordered him away from court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t8:o2:1
# text = The king ordered him away from court
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordered	order	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	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order away** | past | the king |  | him *= he* | court |  | away *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from court=Source |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was worried Heracles would hurt people again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t8:o3:1
# text = He was worried Heracles would hurt people again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would · past | He |  |  |  | again | hurt *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was afraid of Hera's rage at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:541-pg22381-part47:t8:o4:1
# text = He was afraid of Hera's rage at him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | of Hera's rage at Hera; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rage** |  | Hera |  |  |  |  | at Hera | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=obl |

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