Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps…

Specify the manner in which Jason restrained the two brazen bulls.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jason · What happens: specify, restrain · To what, where: manner, two brazen bulls

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2082 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps Jason tame the brazen bulls and sow the dragon's teeth» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 restrained	obl
6	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 restrained	nsubj
7	restrained	restrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bulls	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 bulls	nummod
10	brazen	brazen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bulls	amod
11	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 restrained	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	restrain	past	Jason	the two brazen bulls		the manner			vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bull=Eventuality

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

By binding them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 binding	mark
2	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 binding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	gerund		them = they					vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

Catching each by the neck and head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Catching	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 neck	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 neck	det
5	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Catching	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 head	cc
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 neck	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	gerund		each				by the neck and head	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme

Option 3

Holding both by the horns tightly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	both	both	ADV	_	1 Holding	advmod
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 horns	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horns	det
5	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Holding	obl
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	1 Holding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund						by the horns; both, tightly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by horn=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Seizing one by the horn and one by the tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Seizing	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 horn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horn	det
5	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seizing	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 one	cc
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 horn	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 tail	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tail	det
10	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seizing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	gerund		one				by the horn; by the tail	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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