Exam question 1 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part…

Identify the condition under which Pelias consented to surrender the throne.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Pelias · What happens: identify, consent, surrender · To what, where: condition, throne

This is exam question 1 of lesson 537 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason crosses a river, meets his uncle, and sails to Lemnos» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consented	obl
6	Pelias	Pelias	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 consented	nsubj
7	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condition	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 surrender	mark
9	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 consented	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 throne	det
11	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surrender	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the condition		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	consent	past	Pelias		the condition	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	surrender	to-infinitive	Pelias not said here	the throne		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent throne=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

That Jason undertake an expedition on his behalf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Jason	det
2	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 undertake	nsubj
3	undertake	undertake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 expedition	det
5	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertake	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 behalf	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 behalf	nmod:poss
8	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	infinitive	that Jason	a expedition		Jason's behalf			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Eventuality

Option 2

That Jason first undertake a long and perilous expedition across the sea on his behalf

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Jason	det
2	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 undertake	nsubj
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 undertake	advmod
4	undertake	undertake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 expedition	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 expedition	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 perilous	cc
8	perilous	perilous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 long	conj
9	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undertake	obj
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undertake	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 behalf	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 behalf	nmod:poss
15	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undertake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	infinitive	that Jason	a long expedition		the sea		on Jason's behalf; first property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Eventuality

Option 3

That Jason undertake a dangerous expedition to Colchis on his behalf and return with the fleece

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Jason	det
2	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 undertake	nsubj
3	undertake	undertake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 expedition	det
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 expedition	amod
6	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertake	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Colchis	case
8	Colchis	Colchis	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 undertake	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 behalf	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 behalf	nmod:poss
11	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertake	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 return	cc
13	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 behalf	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 fleece	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fleece	det
16	fleece	fleece	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	infinitive	that Jason	a dangerous expedition	Colchis	Jason's behalf and return with the fleece			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Eventuality

Option 4

That Jason fetch the sacred gold for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Jason	det
2	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fetch	nsubj
3	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gold	det
5	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gold	amod
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fetch	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	infinitive	that Jason	the sacred gold				for him = he	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gold=Theme for he=Beneficiary

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