Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the brazen bulls no longer scorch the grass they attempt to graze?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brazen bulls · What happens: follow, identify, attempt, graze · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 2 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 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bulls	det
10	brazen	brazen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bulls	amod
11	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 attempt	nsubj
12	no	no	ADV	_	13 longer	advmod
13	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 scorch	advmod
14	scorch	scorch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bulls	nmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 grass	det
16	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 attempt	nsubj
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 attempt	nsubj
18	attempt	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 graze	mark
20	graze	graze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 attempt	xcomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the reason	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	attempt	present	the brazen bulls scorch	the reason not said here		tree rules
4	graze not said to happen	to-infinitive	the brazen bulls scorch not said here			vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Jason's yoke has made them too tired to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 yoke	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jason	case
3	yoke	yoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tired	csubj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 tired	advmod
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tired	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		Jason's yoke					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Product
2	eat	to-infinitive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Jason fed them a special herb that made their stomachs cool and their breath turn to mist, so no grass could burn anymore

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fed	nsubj
2	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fed	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 herb	det
5	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 herb	amod
6	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fed	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 made	nsubj
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 herb	acl:relcl
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 stomachs	nmod:poss
10	stomachs	stomach	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 made	obj
11	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 made	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 turn	cc
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 breath	nmod:poss
14	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 turn	nsubj
15	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 mist	mark
17	mist	mist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 turn	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 burn	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	23 burn	advmod
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 grass	det
21	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 burn	nsubj
22	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 burn	aux
23	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fed	conj
24	anymore	anymore	ADV	_	23 burn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feed	past	Jason	them = they		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient herb=Theme
2	make	past	a special herb	their stomachs	cool property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stomach=Product
3	turn	present	stomachs's breath			tree rules
4	mist	to-infinitive	stomachs's breath not said here			vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
5	burn	could	no grass		anymore property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Their breath is no longer hot, since the flame was taken away by Jason's magic charm

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 breath	nmod:poss
2	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hot	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hot	cop
4	no	no	ADV	_	5 longer	advmod
5	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 hot	advmod
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 taken	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 taken	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flame	det
10	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taken	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 taken	aux:pass
12	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hot	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 taken	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	18 charm	case
15	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 charm	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Jason	case
17	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 charm	amod
18	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Their breath					hot, long property	tree rules
2	take away	past · passive	Jason's magic charm	the flame				away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Their fiery breath and the furnaces in their stomachs have been extinguished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 breath	nmod:poss
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 breath	amod
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 extinguished	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 furnaces	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 furnaces	det
6	furnaces	furnace	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breath	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 stomachs	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 stomachs	nmod:poss
9	stomachs	stomach	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 furnaces	nmod
10	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 extinguished	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 extinguished	aux:pass
12	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	present · perfect · passive		Their fiery breath and the furnaces in breath's stomachs					vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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