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title: Which object did Ariadne bestow upon Theseus to secure his return fr… — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Ariadne bestow upon Theseus to secure his return from the labyrinth? Exam question 1 of lesson 2048 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Theseus and gives him a silken string to find his way through the maze.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Thes…

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Which object did Ariadne bestow upon Theseus to secure his return from the labyrinth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, Ariadne · **What happens:** bestow, secure, return · **To what, where:** return, labyrinth

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2048 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Theseus and gives him a silken string to find his way through the maze.» 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/2048-pg976-part7/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e1:1
# text = Which object did Ariadne bestow upon Theseus to secure his return from the labyrinth?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Ariadne	Ariadne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	labyrinth	labyrinth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | past · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  | upon Theseus | tree rules |
| 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | Ariadne's return |  | the labyrinth |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent return=Theme from labyrinth=Source |
| 3 | **return** |  | Ariadne |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a silver sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e1:o1:1
# text = a silver sword
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e1:o2:1
# text = a rope
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a silken string

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e1:o3:1
# text = a silken string
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a silken string tied to the bronze door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e1:o4:1
# text = a silken string tied to the bronze door
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a silken string *not said here* |  |  |  | to the bronze door | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to door=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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