--- title: Of what metal, according to the account of the master, was the figur… — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6… · tree and pragmatics description: Of what metal, according to the account of the master, was the figure known as Talus composed? Exam question 2 of lesson 2047 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6: Theseus sails to Crete and meets the brazen giant Talus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2047-pg976-part6/e2/) [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 6…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2047-pg976-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6: Theseus sails to C… Of what metal, according to the account of the master, was the figure known as Talus composed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, be, know, compose, account · **To what, where:** figure, Talus, master This is exam question 2 of lesson 2047 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6: Theseus sails to Crete and meets the brazen giant Talus» 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/2047-pg976-part6/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e2:1 # text = Of what metal, according to the account of the master, was the figure known as Talus composed? 1 Of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 16 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 Talus Talus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the figure | | | | of metal and the account of the master | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | participle | | the figure *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **compose** | participle · passive | | Talus | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 5 | **account** | | | the master | | | | | nom account «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} bronze ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = bronze 1 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} tin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = tin 1 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} iron ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = iron 1 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} brass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = brass 1 brass brass 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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