--- title: What device was depicted at the centre of the shield borne by the fi… — A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl… · tree and pragmatics description: What device was depicted at the centre of the shield borne by the figure? Exam question 3 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 pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2079-pg976-part38/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the A… What device was depicted at the centre of the shield borne by the figure? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** depict, bear · **To what, where:** device, centre, shield This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e3:1 # text = What device was depicted at the centre of the shield borne by the figure? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 depicted depict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depict** | past · passive | | device | | the centre of the shield | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | participle | | the shield *not said here* | | | | by the figure | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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} A lion's head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e3:o1:1 # text = A lion's head 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Zeus's thunderbolt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e3:o2:1 # text = Zeus's thunderbolt 1 Zeus Zeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 thunderbolt thunderbolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The head of Medusa ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e3:o3:1 # text = The head of Medusa 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Medusa Medusa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} An eagle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:e3:o4:1 # text = An eagle 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eagle eagle NOUN NN 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. 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