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

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2043-pg976-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e1:1
# text = In the opening part of the tale, what condition does Aethra set before Theseus may travel to Athens?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	opening	opening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	Aethra	Aethra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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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He must lift the rock and reveal what lies beneath it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = He must lift the rock and reveal what lies beneath it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 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 {#o2}

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He must kill the monster and bring back its head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = He must kill the monster and bring back its head
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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He must lift the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = He must lift the rock
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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He must defeat the bull of Crete outright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = He must defeat the bull of Crete outright
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	defeat	defeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Crete	Crete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	outright	outright	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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