--- title: wait so why did Heracles throw his mate Iphitus off a tower? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: wait so why did Heracles throw his mate Iphitus off a tower? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 545 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brings Cerberus up, kills Iphitus by accident, serves Omphale and takes revenge on two kings» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/545-pg22381-part51/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/545-pg22381-part51/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brin… wait so why did Heracles throw his mate Iphitus off a tower? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Heracles · **What happens:** wait, throw · **To what, where:** mate, tower This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 545 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Heracles, part 51: Heracles brings Cerberus up, kills Iphitus by accident, serves Omphale and takes revenge on two kings» 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/545-pg22381-part51/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t3:1 # text = wait so why did Heracles throw his mate Iphitus off a tower? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Heracles Heracles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 Iphitus Iphitus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 10 off off ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | past · do-support | Heracles | Heracles's mate | | a tower | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent mate=Theme off tower=Initial\_Location | 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} he went mad and thought his friend was a foe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t3:o1:1 # text = he went mad and thought his friend was a foe 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | his friend | a foe | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he was struck by Hera's madness and saw foes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t3:o2:1 # text = he was struck by Hera's madness and saw foes 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 aux:pass _ _ 3 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Hera Hera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past · passive | Hera's madness | he | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument | | 2 | **see** | past | Hera's madness *not said here* | foes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foe=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he was having a madness fit and thought he was an enemy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t3:o3:1 # text = he was having a madness fit and thought he was an enemy 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 aux _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 fit fit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · progressive | he | a madness fit | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fit=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | he | a enemy | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he was drunk and angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:545-pg22381-part51:t3:o4:1 # text = he was drunk and angry 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 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | drunk *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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