--- title: State the reason Aethra gives for the infrequent visits of King Aege… — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason Aethra gives for the infrequent visits of King Aegeus to his son. Exam question 3 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, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2043-pg976-part2/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l… State the reason Aethra gives for the infrequent visits of King Aegeus to his son. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State · **What happens:** give, visit · **To what, where:** son, King This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e3:1 # text = State the reason Aethra gives for the infrequent visits of King Aegeus to his son. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 Aethra Aethra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 infrequent infrequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 visits visit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 Aegeus Aegeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 to to 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 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | State the reason | | State's son | | | for the infrequent visits of King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent for visit=Asset to son=Recipient | | 2 | **visit** | | | King | | | | | nom visit «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 {#o1} He is far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e3:o1:1 # text = He is far away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The king must tend the affairs of his court and army ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e3:o2:1 # text = The king must tend the affairs of his court and army 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tend tend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tend** | must | the king | the affairs of king's court and army | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A monarch must answer to the lords of his realm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e3:o3:1 # text = A monarch must answer to the lords of his realm 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | must | a monarch | | | | | to the lords of monarch's realm | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to lord=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A monarch must attend to the welfare of his people ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:e3:o4:1 # text = A monarch must attend to the welfare of his people 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 welfare welfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attend** | must | a monarch | | | | | to the welfare of monarch's people | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to welfare=Theme | **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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