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# Exam question 3 · Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wo…

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By what agency was the wound of Chiron rendered incurable, and what was the consequence for his continued existence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** agency, Chiron · **What happens:** be, render, continue, exist · **To what, where:** wound, incurable, consequence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 543 «Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wounds Chiron, hunts the boar and tackles the stables and birds» 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/543-pg22381-part49/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e3:1
# text = By what agency was the wound of Chiron rendered incurable, and what was the consequence for his continued existence?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
3	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Chiron	Chiron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	rendered	render	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	incurable	incurable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | agency | the wound |  |  |  | of Chiron | tree rules |
| 2 | **render** | past |  | incurable |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incurable=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the consequence |  |  |  | for Chiron's continued existence | tree rules |
| 4 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **exist** |  | Chiron |  |  |  |  |  | nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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the Hydra's venom; a long painful life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e3:o1:1
# text = the Hydra's venom; a long painful life
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hydra	Hydra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	painful	painful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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poison of the Hydra; death sent by the gods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e3:o2:1
# text = poison of the Hydra; death sent by the gods
1	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hydra	Hydra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
6	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | poison death *not said here* |  |  |  | by the gods | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a god's curse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e3:o3:1
# text = a god's curse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** |  | a god |  |  |  |  |  | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a centaur's curse; exile from Olympus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e3:o4:1
# text = a centaur's curse; exile from Olympus
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	centaur	centaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	exile	exile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** |  | a centaur |  |  |  |  |  | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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