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title: wait, what did Medea's ride look like, like a magic chariot? — A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, what did Medea's ride look like, like a magic chariot? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 2045 «A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine nearly kills Theseus before his father recognizes him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 4 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine…

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wait, what did Medea's ride look like, like a magic chariot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ride, Medea · **What happens:** wait, look, ride

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2045 «A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine nearly kills Theseus before his father recognizes him» 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/2045-pg976-part4/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t4:1
# text = wait, what did Medea's ride look like, like a magic chariot?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	Medea	Medea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | past · do-support | Medea's ride |  |  |  |  | like a magic chariot | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **ride** |  | Medea |  |  |  |  |  | nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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a fiery chariot pulled by dragons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t4:o1:1
# text = a fiery chariot pulled by dragons
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a fiery chariot *not said here* |  |  |  | by dragons | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bright chariot drawn by eagles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t4:o2:1
# text = a bright chariot drawn by eagles
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	eagles	eagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a bright chariot *not said here* |  |  |  | by eagles | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a silver carriage pulled by horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t4:o3:1
# text = a silver carriage pulled by horses
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a silver carriage *not said here* |  |  |  | by horses | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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an ordinary wooden cart pulled by a pair of old oxen from the nearby farm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t4:o4:1
# text = an ordinary wooden cart pulled by a pair of old oxen from the nearby farm
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a ordinary wooden cart *not said here* |  |  |  | by a pair of old oxen; from the nearby farm | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from farm=Co-Patient |

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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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