Test 10 · ★ · Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the fie…

Wait, how did Jason get past the dragon in the grove?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jason · What happens: wait, get · To what, where: grove

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 539 «Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the field of Ares, the Fleece and a murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
7	past	past	ADP	_	9 dragon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dragon	det
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 grove	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grove	det
12	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	past · do-support	Jason			the grove		past the dragon	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past dragon=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 · ← Mova's choice

Medea knocked it out with a potion while Jason stole the Fleece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Medea	Medea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 knocked	nsubj
2	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knocked	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 knocked	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 potion	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 potion	det
7	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knocked	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 stole	mark
9	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 stole	nsubj
10	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knocked	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Fleece	det
12	Fleece	fleece	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	past	Medea	it				with a potion	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with potion=Instrument
2	steal	past	Jason	the Fleece					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fleece=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Medea knocked it out with a potion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Medea	Medea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 knocked	nsubj
2	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knocked	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 knocked	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 potion	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 potion	det
7	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	past	Medea	it				with a potion	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with potion=Instrument

Option 3

He slew it with a spear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slew	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 spear	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spear	det
6	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	it				with a spear	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with spear=Instrument

Option 4

Jason slew it with his sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slew	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 sword	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sword	nmod:poss
6	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	Jason	it				with Jason's sword	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with sword=Instrument

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