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title: Which phrase in the passage most clearly shows King Pelias's hostile… — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase in the passage most clearly shows King Pelias's hostile intention towards Jason? Exam question 1 of lesson 2078 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with o…

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Which phrase in the passage most clearly shows King Pelias's hostile intention towards Jason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, King Pelias · **What happens:** show, intend · **To what, where:** hostile intention

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2078 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2078-pg976-part37/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e1:1
# text = Which phrase in the passage most clearly shows King Pelias's hostile intention towards Jason?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Pelias	Pelias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	hostile	hostile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | which phrase in the passage | King Pelias's hostile intention |  |  |  | towards Jason; clearly *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent intention=Patient towards jason=Recipient |
| 2 | **intend** |  | King Pelias |  |  |  |  | towards Jason | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent towards=obl |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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he clutched the knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e1:o1:1
# text = he clutched the knife
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	clutched	clutch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clutch** | past | he | the knife |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he gripped the sacred blade in his hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e1:o2:1
# text = he gripped the sacred blade in his hand
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gripped	grip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grip** | past | he | the sacred blade |  | his hand |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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"he clutched more closely the great knife in his hand"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e1:o3:1
# text = "he clutched more closely the great knife in his hand"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	clutched	clutch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clutch** *in a quote* | past | he | the great knife |  | his hand |  | closely *property* | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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he raised the bronze blade and stared at the crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e1:o4:1
# text = he raised the bronze blade and stared at the crowd
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past | he | the bronze blade |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Theme |
| 2 | **stare** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the crowd | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at crowd=Theme |

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