--- title: By what means did the poisoned garment inflict its harm upon the hero? — Greek Myths, The Death of Heracles, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the poisoned garment inflict its harm upon the hero? Exam question 3 of lesson 546 «Greek Myths, The Death of Heracles, part 52: Heracles dies in a poisoned robe, and Deianeira takes her own life.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/546-pg22381-part52/e3/) [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/) / [Greek Myths, The Death of Heracles, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/546-pg22381-part52/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, The Death of Heracles, part 52: Heracles dies… By what means did the poisoned garment inflict its harm upon the hero? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poisoned garment, garment · **What happens:** mean, poison, inflict, harm · **To what, where:** harm This is exam question 3 of lesson 546 «Greek Myths, The Death of Heracles, part 52: Heracles dies in a poisoned robe, and Deianeira takes her own life.» 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/546-pg22381-part52/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:546-pg22381-part52:e3:1 # text = By what means did the poisoned garment inflict its harm upon the hero? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 inflict inflict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **poison** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **inflict** | past · do-support | the poisoned garment | garment's harm | | | | upon the hero | tree rules | | 4 | **harm** | | garment | | | | | | nom harm «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 {#o1} the burning poison that the robe released in the flames of the altar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:546-pg22381-part52:e3:o1:1 # text = the burning poison that the robe released in the flames of the altar 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **release** | participle · passive | | the burning poison | | the flames of the altar | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | | 3 | **flame** | | the altar | | | | | | nom flame «process intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} the smoke of the burning altar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:546-pg22381-part52:e3:o2:1 # text = the smoke of the burning altar 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **smoke** | | the burning altar | | | | | | nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} the venom that spread through his veins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:546-pg22381-part52:e3:o3:1 # text = the venom that spread through his veins 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 veins vein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | the venom | | | venom's veins | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through vein=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the heat of the altar's flames ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:546-pg22381-part52:e3:o4:1 # text = the heat of the altar's flames 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heat** | | the altar's flames | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | | 2 | **flame** | | the altar | | | | | | nom flame «process intransitive»: poss=agent | **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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