--- title: By what designation was the monarch who received the Athenian youths… — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6… · tree and pragmatics description: By what designation was the monarch who received the Athenian youths at his palace known? Exam question 3 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 pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2047-pg976-part6/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 6…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2047-pg976-part6/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6: Theseus sails to C… By what designation was the monarch who received the Athenian youths at his palace known? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** monarch · **What happens:** be, receive, know · **To what, where:** monarch, Athenian youths, palace This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e3:1 # text = By what designation was the monarch who received the Athenian youths at his palace known? 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 designation designation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Athenian Athenian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the monarch | | | | by designation | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | past | the monarch | the Athenian youths | | his palace | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent youth=Theme at palace=Location | | 3 | **know** | participle | | his palace *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} King Minos ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e3:o1:1 # text = King Minos 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Minos Minos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the king of the great palace of Crete ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e3:o2:1 # text = the king of the great palace of Crete 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Crete Crete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Prince Theseus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e3:o3:1 # text = Prince Theseus 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} King Aegeus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e3:o4:1 # text = King Aegeus 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Aegeus Aegeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` 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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