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description: Upon what grounds did Heracles conduct the Erymantian boar alive to the city of Mycenae? Exam question 4 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, with the depe
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# Exam question 4 · Greek myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 49: Heracles wo…

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Upon what grounds did Heracles conduct the Erymantian boar alive to the city of Mycenae?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Heracles · **What happens:** conduct · **To what, where:** Erymantian boar

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e4:1
# text = Upon what grounds did Heracles conduct the Erymantian boar alive to the city of Mycenae?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	conduct	conduct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Erymantian	erymantian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Mycenae	Mycenae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | past · do-support | Heracles | the Erymantian boar |  |  |  | to the city of Mycenae; alive *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boar=Theme upon what=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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he had exhausted it by relentless pursuit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e4:o1:1
# text = he had exhausted it by relentless pursuit
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	relentless	relentless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhaust** | past · perfect | he | it |  |  |  | by relentless pursuit | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he had exhausted it by relentless pursuit through snow and bound it in chains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e4:o2:1
# text = he had exhausted it by relentless pursuit through snow and bound it in chains
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	relentless	relentless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	bound	bind	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhaust** | past · perfect | he | it |  |  |  | by relentless pursuit through snow | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |
| 2 | **bind** | past | he *not said here* | snow |  |  |  | in chains | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination in chain=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he had wearied it through a long chase across the mountains and then bound its feet with chains

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e4:o3:1
# text = he had wearied it through a long chase across the mountains and then bound its feet with chains
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wearied	weary	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	bound	bound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weary** | past · perfect | he | it |  | a long chase |  | across the mountains | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |
| 2 | **bound** | infinitive | he *not said here* | chase's feet |  |  | then | with chains | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location foot=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he had cornered it in a deep trench

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:543-pg22381-part49:e4:o4:1
# text = he had cornered it in a deep trench
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cornered	corner	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trench	trench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **corner** | past · perfect | he | it |  | a deep trench |  |  | tree rules |

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