Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

Which of the following best describes the action by which the Princess Medea incapacitates the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess Medea, dragon · What happens: follow, describe, incapacitate, guard · To what, where: action, dragon, Golden Fleece

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 incapacitates	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Medea	det
12	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Medea	compound
13	Medea	Medea	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 incapacitates	nsubj
14	incapacitates	incapacitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 action	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dragon	det
16	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 incapacitates	obj
17	guarding	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 dragon	acl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Fleece	det
19	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Fleece	amod
20	Fleece	Fleece	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 guarding	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action		of the best	tree rules
3	incapacitate	present	the Princess Medea	the dragon		by the action	tree rules
4	guard	gerund	the dragon not said here		the Golden Fleece		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Beneficiary

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 · ✓ the right answer

She administers a sleeping draught from a golden box down its throat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 administers	nsubj
2	administers	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 draught	det
4	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draught	compound
5	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 box	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
8	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 box	amod
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obl
10	down	down	ADP	_	12 throat	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 throat	nmod:poss
12	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present	She	a sleeping draught		a golden box		down box's throat	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent draught=Theme

Option 2

She pours a magic liquid into its ears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pours	nsubj
2	pours	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liquid	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liquid	compound
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pours	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 ears	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ears	nmod:poss
8	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pours	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	present	She	a magic liquid		liquid's ears			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme into ear=Destination

Option 3

She shoots it with an arrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shoots	nsubj
2	shoots	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shoots	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 arrow	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 arrow	det
6	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shoots	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	present	She	it				with a arrow	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with arrow=Instrument

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She forces a bitter herbal mixture into its mouth from a silver cup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forces	nsubj
2	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mixture	det
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mixture	amod
5	herbal	herbal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mixture	amod
6	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forces	nmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 mouth	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mouth	nmod:poss
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mixture	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 cup	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cup	det
12	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cup	compound
13	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forces	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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