--- title: With regard to the passage, what did Cadmus first mistakenly believe… — Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2… · tree and pragmatics description: With regard to the passage, what did Cadmus first mistakenly believe the approaching female figure to be? Exam question 3 of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» of the books course --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/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, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f… With regard to the passage, what did Cadmus first mistakenly believe the approaching female figure to be? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage · **What happens:** do, believe, approach · **To what, where:** Cadmus This is exam question 3 of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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/2061-pg976-part20/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e3:1 # text = With regard to the passage, what did Cadmus first mistakenly believe the approaching female figure to be? 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 11 mistakenly mistakenly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 15 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the passage | Cadmus | | | | first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cadmus=Eventuality | | 2 | **believe** | present | the passage *not said here* | | | | | mistakenly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **approach** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} His long-lost sister Europa, grown to womanhood. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e3:o1:1 # text = His long-lost sister Europa, grown to womanhood. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 womanhood womanhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | His long lost sister *not said here* | | | | to womanhood | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} His cousin Europa, come back from Crete. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e3:o2:1 # text = His cousin Europa, come back from Crete. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Crete Crete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | infinitive | His cousin | | | Crete | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from crete=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} A nymph of the nearby spring. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e3:o3:1 # text = A nymph of the nearby spring. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nymph nymph NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 nearby nearby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} His mother, grown old. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e3:o4:1 # text = His mother, grown old. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | His mother | | | | | old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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