--- title: What reply did Theseus make when he was asked whether he was appalle… — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6… · tree and pragmatics description: What reply did Theseus make when he was asked whether he was appalled at the prospect of being devoured? Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2047-pg976-part6/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 6: Theseus sails to C… What reply did Theseus make when he was asked whether he was appalled at the prospect of being devoured? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Theseus · **What happens:** make, ask, appall, devour · **To what, where:** Theseus, prospect This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e4:1 # text = What reply did Theseus make when he was asked whether he was appalled at the prospect of being devoured? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 reply reply VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 10 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 appalled appall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 prospect prospect NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · do-support | Theseus | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Product | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | | Theseus | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **appall** | past · passive | | Theseus | | the prospect | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **devour** | gerund · passive | | the prospect *not said here* | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP» | 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} he gave his life freely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e4:o1:1 # text = he gave his life freely 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 freely freely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | he | his life | | | | freely *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he begged for mercy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e4:o2:1 # text = he begged for mercy 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he | | | | | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} he offered his life freely to the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e4:o3:1 # text = he offered his life freely to the king 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 freely freely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | he | his life | the king | | | freely *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent life=Theme to king=Goal | ### Option 4 {#o4} he refused the offer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2047-pg976-part6:e4:o4:1 # text = he refused the offer 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | he | the offer | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme | **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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