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title: Fam, what was that dragon thing in the apple garden? — Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Fam, what was that dragon thing in the apple garden? Test 6 · ★ 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 que
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# Test 6 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Labours of Heracles, part 50: Heracles sa…

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Fam, what was that dragon thing in the apple garden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fam · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** apple garden

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t6:1
# text = Fam, what was that dragon thing in the apple garden?
1	Fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	that	that	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Fam |  |  | the apple garden |  | that dragon thing | 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 {#o1}

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A monster that guarded the apples.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t6:o1:1
# text = A monster that guarded the apples.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | a monster | the apples |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Beneficiary |

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

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A hundred-headed dragon that never slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t6:o2:1
# text = A hundred-headed dragon that never slept
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	headed	headed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | past |  | a headed dragon |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A hundred-headed dragon that never slept and guarded the golden apples.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t6:o3:1
# text = A hundred-headed dragon that never slept and guarded the golden apples.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	headed	headed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | past | a headed dragon | that |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 2 | **guard** | past | a headed dragon *not said here* | the golden apples |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A fierce serpent that guarded gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:544-pg22381-part50:t6:o4:1
# text = A fierce serpent that guarded gold.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | a fierce serpent | gold |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Beneficiary |

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