--- title: Who was the girl on the white bull supposed to be? — Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth,… · tree and pragmatics description: Who was the girl on the white bull supposed to be? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2057-pg976-part16/t6/) [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 Dragon's Teeth,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2057-pg976-part16/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays… Who was the girl on the white bull supposed to be? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, suppose · **To what, where:** girl, white bull This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» 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/2057-pg976-part16/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t6:1 # text = Who was the girl on the white bull supposed to be? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the girl | | | | on the white bull | tree rules | | 2 | **suppose** | participle | | the white bull *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **be** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} A goddess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t6:o1:1 # text = A goddess 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The queen of Phoenicia's cousin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t6:o2:1 # text = The queen of Phoenicia's cousin 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Phoenicia Phoenicia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Cadmus's wife, lost at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t6:o3:1 # text = Cadmus's wife, lost at sea 1 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | Cadmus's wife *not said here* | | sea | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent at sea=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Europa, Telephassa's missing daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t6:o4:1 # text = Europa, Telephassa's missing daughter 1 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 Telephassa Telephassa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` 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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