Test 14 · ★ · Greek myths, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 45: the fie…

Nah for real, what did the talking board say about the Argonauts?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, say · To what, where: talking board · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 real	discourse
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 real	case
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 say	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 real	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 board	det
8	talking	talking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 board	compound
9	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	obj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 Argonauts	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Argonauts	det
13	Argonauts	argonaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 say	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the talking board					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present						for real; about the Argonauts	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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

They must be purified by Circe or Zeus stays angry, as the oracle warned them all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 purified	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 purified	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 purified	aux:pass
4	purified	purify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Circe	case
6	Circe	Circe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 purified	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 stays	cc
8	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 stays	nsubj
9	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Circe	conj
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stays	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 warned	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 warned	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 oracle	det
14	oracle	oracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 warned	nsubj
15	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 purified	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 warned	obj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	purify	must · passive	Circe	They			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	stay	present	Zeus			angry property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	warn speech: warn	past	the oracle		them = they		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 2

The gods forgave them but Medea must marry Jason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gods	det
2	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forgave	nsubj
3	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgave	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 marry	cc
6	Medea	Medea	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 marry	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 marry	aux
8	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forgave	conj
9	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	past	the gods	them = they					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	marry	must	Medea	Jason					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jason=Patient

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

They must be purified by Circe or Zeus stays angry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 purified	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 purified	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 purified	aux:pass
4	purified	purify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Circe	case
6	Circe	Circe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 purified	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 stays	cc
8	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 stays	nsubj
9	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 purified	conj
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purify	must · passive	Circe	They					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	stay	present	Zeus					angry property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They must be purified by Circe or Zeus stays angry, and the Furies will hunt them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 purified	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 purified	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 purified	aux:pass
4	purified	purify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Circe	case
6	Circe	Circe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 purified	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 stays	cc
8	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 stays	nsubj
9	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Circe	conj
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stays	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hunt	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hunt	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Furies	det
14	Furies	fury	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hunt	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 hunt	aux
16	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 purified	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hunt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	purify	must · passive	Circe	They		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	stay	present	Zeus		angry property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hunt	future	the Furies	them = they		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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