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title: so his granddad is the boss of the palace, sick! — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: so his granddad is the boss of the palace, sick! Test 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 3 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

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so his granddad is the boss of the palace, sick!

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** granddad · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** boss

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This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t3:1
# text = so his granddad is the boss of the palace, sick!
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	granddad	granddad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | his granddad | the boss |  |  |  | of the palace | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | his granddad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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King Aegeus, super strong, the boss of Athens and all of Attica and beyond the sea

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t3:o1:1
# text = King Aegeus, super strong, the boss of Athens and all of Attica and beyond the sea
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	super	super	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Attica	Attica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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King Pittheus, super wise, the boss of Troezene

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t3:o2:1
# text = King Pittheus, super wise, the boss of Troezene
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Pittheus	Pittheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	super	super	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Troezene	Troezene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pittheus, pretty wise, the ruler of Athens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t3:o3:1
# text = Pittheus, pretty wise, the ruler of Athens
1	Pittheus	Pittheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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King Pittheus, super wise, the boss of Troezene and the whole coast and all its ships

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2043-pg976-part2:t3:o4:1
# text = King Pittheus, super wise, the boss of Troezene and the whole coast and all its ships
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Pittheus	Pittheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	super	super	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Troezene	Troezene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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