--- title: Which hero was formally appointed as helmsman of the Argo? — A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl… · tree and pragmatics description: Which hero was formally appointed as helmsman of the Argo? Exam question 1 of lesson 2079 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the Argo gets a talking figure-head and the heroes gather» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2079-pg976-part38/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2079-pg976-part38/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the A… Which hero was formally appointed as helmsman of the Argo? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** appoint · **To what, where:** hero This is exam question 1 of lesson 2079 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the Argo gets a talking figure-head and the heroes gather» 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/2079-pg976-part38/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e1:1 # text = Which hero was formally appointed as helmsman of the Argo? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 formally formally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 helmsman helmsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Argo Argo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | past · passive | | which hero | | | | as helmsman of the Argo; formally *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as helmsman=Attribute | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Zeus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e1:o1:1 # text = Zeus 1 Zeus Zeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Telamon of Salamis ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e1:o2:1 # text = Telamon of Salamis 1 Telamon telamon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Salamis salami NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ajax ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e1:o3:1 # text = Ajax 1 Ajax ajax NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Tiphys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e1:o4:1 # text = Tiphys 1 Tiphys Tiphys PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl…, test 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2079-pg976-part38/t13/) - next →: [A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2079-pg976-part38/e2/) - ↑ back to [A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the Argo gets a talking figure-head and the heroes gather](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2079-pg976-part38/)