--- title: Mate, what did Oedipus say the riddle answer was? — Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what did Oedipus say the riddle answer was? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 524 «Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche, part 30: Medusa's curse, Perseus, the Sphinx's riddle and Fortune's wheel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/524-pg22381-part30/t5/) [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/) / [Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/524-pg22381-part30/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche,… Mate, what did Oedipus say the riddle answer was? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Oedipus · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** riddle answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 524 «Greek and Roman Myths, Gorgons, Graeae, Sphinx and Tyche, part 30: Medusa's curse, Perseus, the Sphinx's riddle and Fortune's wheel» 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/524-pg22381-part30/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t5:1 # text = Mate, what did Oedipus say the riddle answer was? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Oedipus Oedipus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Oedipus | the riddle answer | | | | Mate *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | | | | | | | 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} Man, obviously, since he walks on two legs as a grown adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t5:o1:1 # text = Man, obviously, since he walks on two legs as a grown adult 1 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 since since SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl:relcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | Man | | | two legs | | as a grown adult | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Man, obviously ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t5:o2:1 # text = Man, obviously 1 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A horse, I think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t5:o3:1 # text = A horse, I think 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | a horse | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Man, obviously, the creature that crawls, walks and then leans on a stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:524-pg22381-part30:t5:o4:1 # text = Man, obviously, the creature that crawls, walks and then leans on a stick 1 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 crawls crawl VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 leans lean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crawl** | present | the creature | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | present | the creature *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lean** | present | the creature *not said here* | | | a stick | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stick=Location | **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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