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title: What instruction did the voice of the oaken statue give to Jason? — A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl… · tree and pragmatics
description: What instruction did the voice of the oaken statue give to Jason? Exam question 2 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 t
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# Exam question 2 · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the A…

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What instruction did the voice of the oaken statue give to Jason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction, voice · **What happens:** do, give · **To what, where:** voice, Jason

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e2:1
# text = What instruction did the voice of the oaken statue give to Jason?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	oaken	oaken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what instruction | the voice of the oaken statue |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | the voice of the oaken statue *not said here* |  | Jason |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to jason=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Summon the heroes of Greece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e2:o1:1
# text = Summon the heroes of Greece
1	Summon	summon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | imperative | you *not said here* | the heroes of Greece |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hero=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gather the Greek champions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e2:o2:1
# text = Gather the Greek champions
1	Gather	gather	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	champions	champion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Greek champions |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent champion=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sail to Colchis now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e2:o3:1
# text = Sail to Colchis now
1	Sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Colchis	Colchis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Find the Golden Fleece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e2:o4:1
# text = Find the Golden Fleece
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Fleece	Fleece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Golden Fleece |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Topic |

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**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.

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