Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

In the opening part of the tale, what condition does Aethra set before Theseus may travel to Athens?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aethra, Theseus · What happens: set, travel · To what, where: opening part, Athens

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2043 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 part	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 part	det
3	opening	opening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 part	amod
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 tale	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tale	det
7	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 does	punct
9	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	10 condition	det
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 does	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 set	aux
12	Aethra	Aethra	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 set	nsubj
13	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 travel	mark
15	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 travel	nsubj
16	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 travel	aux
17	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 set	advcl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 Athens	case
19	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 travel	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	present · do-support	Aethra			the opening part		of the tale	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in part=Destination
2	travel	may	Theseus		Athens				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to athens=Destination

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

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He must lift the rock and reveal what lies beneath it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lift	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lift	aux
3	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rock	det
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lift	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reveal	cc
7	reveal	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lift	conj
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 lies	nsubj
9	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reveal	ccomp
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	lift	must	He	the rock		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme
2	reveal	infinitive	He not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	lie	present			rock	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath it=Location

Option 2

He must kill the monster and bring back its head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kill	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 kill	aux
3	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monster	det
5	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kill	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bring	cc
7	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 kill	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 bring	advmod
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	must	He	the monster					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monster=Theme
2	bring back	infinitive	He not said here	monster's head					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He must lift the rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lift	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lift	aux
3	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rock	det
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lift	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	must	He	the rock					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme

Option 4

He must defeat the bull of Crete outright

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 defeat	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 defeat	aux
3	defeat	defeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bull	det
5	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 defeat	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Crete	case
7	Crete	Crete	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 bull	nmod
8	outright	outright	ADV	_	3 defeat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	must	He	the bull of Crete				outright property	tree rules

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