Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight,…

exam: Explain the purpose of the dove released by Euphemus at the passage between the Symplegades, as stated in the account.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dove · What happens: explain, release, state, purpose · To what, where: purpose, dove, passage, account

This is exam question 3 of lesson 538 «Greek Myths, The Argonauts, part 44: the Argonauts fight, lose friends, pass the clashing rocks and reach Colchis» 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	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 Explain	punct
3	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 exam	appos
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 purpose	det
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Explain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 dove	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dove	det
8	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purpose	nmod
9	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 dove	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 Euphemus	case
11	Euphemus	Euphemus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 released	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 released	obl
15	between	between	ADP	_	17 Symplegades	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Symplegades	det
17	Symplegades	Symplegade	PROPN	Number=Plur	14 passage	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 stated	punct
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 stated	mark
20	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Explain	advcl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 account	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 account	det
23	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stated	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 exam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	infinitive		the purpose of the dove			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	release	participle		the dove not said here	the passage between the Symplegades	by Euphemus	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	state speech: other	participle			the account		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	purpose		the dove				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

To pass through first and show the rowers which way to steer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pass	mark
2	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	2 pass	compound:prt
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 pass	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 show	cc
6	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 pass	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rowers	det
8	rowers	rower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 show	obj
9	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rowers	appos
11	to	to	PART	_	12 steer	mark
12	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass through	to-infinitive		first property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	infinitive	the rowers		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rower=Recipient
3	steer	to-infinitive			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To fly through the Symplegades to see whether the passage was safe, as Phineus had instructed Jason at the feast

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fly	mark
2	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 Symplegades	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Symplegades	det
5	Symplegades	Symplegade	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 fly	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fly	advcl
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	12 safe	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 passage	det
10	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 safe	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 safe	cop
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 see	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 instructed	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 instructed	mark
15	Phineus	Phineus	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 instructed	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 instructed	aux
17	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 Jason	amod
18	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fly	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 feast	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 feast	det
21	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fly	to-infinitive		instructed Jason	the Symplegades	at the feast	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through symplegade=Location
2	see	to-infinitive					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	the passage			safe property	tree rules
4	instruct speech: other	past · perfect · passive		Phineus			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

To carry a message from the crew back to the Argo's captain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 carry	mark
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 message	det
4	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 crew	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crew	det
7	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obl
8	back	back	ADV	_	2 carry	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 captain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Argo	det
11	Argo	Argo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 captain	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Argo	case
13	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	to-infinitive		a message		the crew		to the Argo's captain	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme from crew=Initial_Location to captain=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To ascertain whether the passage was safe, as Phineus had instructed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ascertain	mark
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	7 safe	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ascertain	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 instructed	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 instructed	mark
10	Phineus	Phineus	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 instructed	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 instructed	aux
12	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ascertain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	to-infinitive				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the passage		safe property	tree rules
3	instruct speech: other	past · perfect · passive		Phineus		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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