--- title: Identify the person who assisted in the construction of the Argo. — Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the person who assisted in the construction of the Argo. Exam question 3 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 prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/537-pg22381-part43/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/) / [Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/537-pg22381-part43/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part… Identify the person who assisted in the construction of the Argo. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, assist, construct · **To what, where:** person, construction, Argo This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e3:1 # text = Identify the person who assisted in the construction of the Argo. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 assisted assist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 construction construction NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Argo Argo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme | | 2 | **assist** | past | the person | | | the construction of the Argo | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **construct** | | | the Argo | | | | | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} Argos, a skilled ship-builder from Thessaly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e3:o1:1 # text = Argos, a skilled ship-builder from Thessaly 1 Argos argo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 skilled skilled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 builder builder NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Thessaly Thessaly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Argos, a skilled ship-builder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e3:o2:1 # text = Argos, a skilled ship-builder 1 Argos argo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 skilled skilled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 builder builder NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Argos, the famous helmsman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e3:o3:1 # text = Argos, the famous helmsman 1 Argos argo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 helmsman helmsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Argos, a skilled ship-builder who worked for Athene ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:e3:o4:1 # text = Argos, a skilled ship-builder who worked for Athene 1 Argos argo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 skilled skilled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 builder builder NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Athene Athene PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past | a skilled ship builder | | | | | for Athene | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for athene=Beneficiary | **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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