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title: Lowkey, why was Eurystheus so mad at Heracles? — Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, why was Eurystheus so mad at Heracles? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 544 «Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles saves a maiden, wins the oxen and apples, and enters the Underworld» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles sa…

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Lowkey, why was Eurystheus so mad at Heracles?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Heracles

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 544 «Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles saves a maiden, wins the oxen and apples, and enters the Underworld» 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/544-pg22381-part50/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t11:1
# text = Lowkey, why was Eurystheus so mad at Heracles?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Lowkey |  |  | Heracles |  | mad *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He wanted him to die on a hard task

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t11:o1:1
# text = He wanted him to die on a hard task
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  | a hard task |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was jealous because Heracles was stronger and had been sent by Zeus.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t11:o2:1
# text = He was jealous because Heracles was stronger and had been sent by Zeus.
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	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Heracles |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | Zeus |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He wanted the apples for himself.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t11:o3:1
# text = He wanted the apples for himself.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | the apples |  |  |  | for himself *= he* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apple=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He wanted Heracles to die on one of the hardest tasks of all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t11:o4:1
# text = He wanted Heracles to die on one of the hardest tasks of all.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | Heracles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Heracles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on one of the hardest tasks of all | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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