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title: Of what material was the cord held by the hero during the combat? — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 8… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what material was the cord held by the hero during the combat? Exam question 2 of lesson 2049 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 8: Theseus kills the Minotaur, follows Ariadne's thread out, and sails away with the captives» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 8: Theseus kills the…

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Of what material was the cord held by the hero during the combat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** be, hold · **To what, where:** cord

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2049 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 8: Theseus kills the Minotaur, follows Ariadne's thread out, and sails away with the captives» 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/2049-pg976-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:e2:1
# text = Of what material was the cord held by the hero during the combat?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
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	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | material | the cord |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | the cord *not said here* |  |  | during the combat | by the hero | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by hero=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = silk
1	silk	silk	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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wax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = wax
1	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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linen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = linen
1	linen	linen	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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rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = rope
1	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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