--- title: did the minotaur say he'd toss him high? — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 8… · tree and pragmatics description: did the minotaur say he'd toss him high? Test 11 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2049-pg976-part8/t11/) [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 8…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2049-pg976-part8/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 8: Theseus kills the… did the minotaur say he'd toss him high? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** minotaur · **What happens:** say, toss · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:t11:1 # text = did the minotaur say he'd toss him high? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 minotaur minotaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 toss toss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the minotaur | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **toss** | would | minotaur | him *= he* | | | | high *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yes, fifty feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:t11:o1:1 # text = yes, fifty feet 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} yes, ten feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:t11:o2:1 # text = yes, ten feet 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} yes, fifty feet high into the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:t11:o3:1 # text = yes, fifty feet high into the sky 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} yes, he said he'd toss him fifty feet high ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2049-pg976-part8:t11:o4:1 # text = yes, he said he'd toss him fifty feet high 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 toss toss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **toss** | would | he | him *= he* | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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