--- title: what was he holding, like a king's stick? — A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics description: what was he holding, like a king's stick? Test 9 · ★ 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 question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2045-pg976-part4/t9/) [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/) / [A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: M…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2045-pg976-part4/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine… what was he holding, like a king's stick? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** hold This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t9:1 # text = what was he holding, like a king's stick? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past · progressive | he | | | | | like a king's stick | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | 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} a golden orb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t9:o1:1 # text = a golden orb 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 orb orb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a long golden staff topped with a carved eagle and jewels ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t9:o2:1 # text = a long golden staff topped with a carved eagle and jewels 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 topped top VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **top** | participle | | a long golden staff *not said here* | | | | with a carved eagle and jewels | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with eagle=Theme | | 2 | **carve** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} a royal staff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t9:o3:1 # text = a royal staff 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a scepter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t9:o4:1 # text = a scepter 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 scepter scepter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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