Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

Which of the following most accurately characterises the manner in which the Golden Fleece is suspended within the sacred grove?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, suspend · To what, where: manner, Golden Fleece

This is exam question 4 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 suspended	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Fleece	det
13	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Fleece	amod
14	Fleece	Fleece	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 suspended	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 suspended	aux:pass
16	suspended	suspend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 manner	acl:relcl
17	within	within	ADP	_	20 grove	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 grove	det
19	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 grove	amod
20	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 suspended	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the manner		accurately property	tree rules
3	suspend	present · passive	the Golden Fleece	the manner	within the sacred grove	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination

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

It hangs from the highest branch of a great oak tree, far above the reach of any man standing on the grass below

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hangs	nsubj
2	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 branch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 branch	det
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 branch	amod
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hangs	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 tree	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tree	amod
10	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	compound
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 branch	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 reach	punct
13	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 reach	advmod
14	above	above	ADP	_	16 reach	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 reach	det
16	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hangs	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 man	case
18	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	19 man	det
19	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reach	nmod
20	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 man	acl
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 grass	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 grass	det
23	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 standing	obl
24	below	below	ADV	_	23 grass	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	It			the highest branch of a great oak tree		above the reach of any man	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above reach=Location
2	stand	gerund	any man not said here			the grass			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location

Option 2

It is draped over a rock near the river bank, far out of reach

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 draped	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 draped	aux:pass
3	draped	drape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 draped	obl
7	near	near	ADP	_	10 bank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bank	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bank	compound
10	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 draped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 reach	punct
12	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 reach	advmod
13	out	out	ADP	_	15 reach	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 reach	case
15	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 draped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drape	present · passive		It		a rock		near the river bank; out reach	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over rock=Destination

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

It hangs from a tree at about a man's height above the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hangs	nsubj
2	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hangs	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	11 height	case
7	about	about	ADV	_	11 height	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 height	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 man	case
11	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hangs	obl
12	above	above	ADP	_	14 ground	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ground	det
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 height	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	It			a tree		at a man's height above the ground	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at height=Location

Option 4

It is tied to the trunk of a sacred oak near the altar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tied	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 trunk	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trunk	det
6	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 oak	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 oak	det
9	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 oak	amod
10	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trunk	nmod
11	near	near	ADP	_	13 altar	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 altar	det
13	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 oak	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present · passive		It				to the trunk of a sacred oak near the altar	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to trunk=Co-Patient

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