--- title: What was the designation of the creature that Theseus sought at the… — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the designation of the creature that Theseus sought at the labyrinth's center? Exam question 3 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 th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2048-pg976-part7/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 7…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2048-pg976-part7/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Thes… What was the designation of the creature that Theseus sought at the labyrinth's center? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** designation, Theseus · **What happens:** be, seek, designate · **To what, where:** creature, center This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e3:1 # text = What was the designation of the creature that Theseus sought at the labyrinth's center? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 designation designation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 Theseus Theseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 labyrinth labyrinth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 center center NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the designation of the creature | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seek** | past | Theseus | the creature *not said here* | | the labyrinth's center | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent creature=Theme at center=Location | | 3 | **designate** | | | the creature | | | | | nom designation «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} the Cretan king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e3:o1:1 # text = the Cretan king 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Cretan Cretan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the beast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e3:o2:1 # text = the beast 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a bull-man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e3:o3:1 # text = a bull-man 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the Minotaur ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e3:o4:1 # text = the Minotaur 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Minotaur Minotaur PROPN NNP 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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