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title: Which of the following best describes the action by which the Prince… — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the action by which the Princess Medea incapacitates the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece? Exam question 1 of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» of the books course of Mova
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# Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

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Which of the following best describes the action by which the Princess Medea incapacitates the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess Medea, dragon · **What happens:** follow, describe, incapacitate, guard · **To what, where:** action, dragon, Golden Fleece

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» 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/2084-pg976-part43/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the action by which the Princess Medea incapacitates the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Medea	Medea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	incapacitates	incapacitate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	guarding	guard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Fleece	Fleece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the action |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **incapacitate** | present | the Princess Medea | the dragon |  |  |  | by the action | tree rules |
| 4 | **guard** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* |  | the Golden Fleece |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Beneficiary |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She administers a sleeping draught from a golden box down its throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:e1:o1:1
# text = She administers a sleeping draught from a golden box down its throat
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	administers	administer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | present | She | a sleeping draught |  | a golden box |  | down box's throat | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent draught=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She pours a magic liquid into its ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:e1:o2:1
# text = She pours a magic liquid into its ears
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | present | She | a magic liquid |  | liquid's ears |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme into ear=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She shoots it with an arrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:e1:o3:1
# text = She shoots it with an arrow
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shoots	shoot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | present | She | it |  |  |  | with a arrow | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with arrow=Instrument |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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She forces a bitter herbal mixture into its mouth from a silver cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:e1:o4:1
# text = She forces a bitter herbal mixture into its mouth from a silver cup
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	herbal	herbal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mixture	mixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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