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description: Identify the condition under which Pelias consented to surrender the throne. Exam question 1 of lesson 537 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason crosses a river, meets his uncle, and sails to Lemnos» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 1 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part…

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Identify the condition under which Pelias consented to surrender the throne.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Pelias · **What happens:** identify, consent, surrender · **To what, where:** condition, throne

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 537 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason crosses a river, meets his uncle, and sails to Lemnos» 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/537-pg22381-part43/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e1:1
# text = Identify the condition under which Pelias consented to surrender the throne.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	Pelias	Pelias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	consented	consent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **consent** | past | Pelias |  |  | the condition |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **surrender** | to-infinitive | Pelias *not said here* | the throne |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent throne=Theme |

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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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That Jason undertake an expedition on his behalf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e1:o1:1
# text = That Jason undertake an expedition on his behalf
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	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	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | infinitive | that Jason | a expedition |  | Jason's behalf |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That Jason first undertake a long and perilous expedition across the sea on his behalf

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e1:o2:1
# text = That Jason first undertake a long and perilous expedition across the sea on his behalf
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	perilous	perilous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | infinitive | that Jason | a long expedition |  | the sea |  | on Jason's behalf; first *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That Jason undertake a dangerous expedition to Colchis on his behalf and return with the fleece

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e1:o3:1
# text = That Jason undertake a dangerous expedition to Colchis on his behalf and return with the fleece
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Colchis	Colchis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	on	on	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	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fleece	fleece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | infinitive | that Jason | a dangerous expedition | Colchis | Jason's behalf and return with the fleece |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That Jason fetch the sacred gold for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e1:o4:1
# text = That Jason fetch the sacred gold for him
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | infinitive | that Jason | the sacred gold |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gold=Theme for he=Beneficiary |

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