--- title: State the reason the Argonauts delayed their departure from Lemnos. — Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the… · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason the Argonauts delayed their departure from Lemnos. Exam question 2 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 tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/537-pg22381-part43/e2/) [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/) / [Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/537-pg22381-part43/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part… State the reason the Argonauts delayed their departure from Lemnos. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State reason, Argonauts · **What happens:** delay, depart · **To what, where:** departure, Lemnos This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e2:1 # text = State the reason the Argonauts delayed their departure from Lemnos. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Argonauts argonaut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 delayed delay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Lemnos Lemnos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **delay** | past | the State reason | Argonauts's departure | | Lemnos | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent departure=Source | | 2 | **depart** | | Argonauts *= argonaut* | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} They were absorbed in feasting and pleasure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e2:o1:1 # text = They were absorbed in feasting and pleasure 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 absorbed absorb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absorb** | past · passive | | They | | feasting and pleasure | | | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were completely absorbed in endless feasting, dancing and pleasure with the women ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e2:o2:1 # text = They were completely absorbed in endless feasting, dancing and pleasure with the women 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 completely completely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 absorbed absorb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 endless endless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absorb** | past · passive | | They | | endless feasting and dancing and pleasure | | with the women; completely *property* | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were distracted by an oracle's warning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e2:o3:1 # text = They were distracted by an oracle's warning 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 distracted distract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 oracle oracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **distract** | past · passive | a oracle's warning | They | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **warn** | | a oracle | | | | | | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They were so absorbed in feasting and pleasure that they forgot the quest entirely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e2:o4:1 # text = They were so absorbed in feasting and pleasure that they forgot the quest entirely 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 absorbed absorb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absorb** | past · passive | | They | | feasting and pleasure | | | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | past | feasting | the quest | | | | entirely *property* | tree rules | **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; 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