Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

Which of the following correctly states the consequence should Jason fail to quit Colchis before the next sunrise?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: consequence · What happens: follow, state, fail, not quit · To what, where: Colchis · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consequence	det
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fail	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fail	aux
10	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 fail	nsubj
11	fail	fail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 states	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 quit	mark
13	quit	quit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fail	xcomp
14	Colchis	Colchis	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 quit	obj
15	before	before	ADP	_	18 sunrise	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sunrise	det
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 sunrise	amod
18	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 quit	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present				correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fail	should	the consequence				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	not quit	to-infinitive	the consequence not said here	Colchis	sunrise		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colchis=Source

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

Aetes will burn the ship and imprison Jason in the palace tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aetes	aete	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 burn	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 burn	aux
3	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ship	det
5	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burn	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 imprison	cc
7	imprison	imprison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ship	conj
8	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 imprison	appos
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 tower	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tower	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tower	compound
12	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	future	Aetes	the ship and imprison		the palace tower			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

Option 2

The crew will be sold as slaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crew	det
2	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sold	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sold	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sold	aux:pass
5	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 slaves	case
7	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	future · passive		the crew				as slaves	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

King Aetes will burn the galley and put the crew to the sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Aetes	compound
2	Aetes	Aetes	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 burn	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 burn	aux
4	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 galley	det
6	galley	galley	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burn	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 put	cc
8	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 burn	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crew	det
10	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 sword	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sword	det
13	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	future	King Aetes	the galley					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent galley=Theme
2	put	infinitive	King Aetes not said here	the crew				to the sword	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent crew=Goal

Option 4

Jason will be made king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	future · passive		Jason					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary king=Product

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