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title: State the material from which the five-and-twenty tin soldiers were… — Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Sold… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the material from which the five-and-twenty tin soldiers were originally fashioned, according to the narrator. Exam question 4 of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin sol…

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State the material from which the five-and-twenty tin soldiers were originally fashioned, according to the narrator.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** five · **What happens:** be, accord · **To what, where:** material

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» 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/1000-pg27200-part211/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e4:1
# text = State the material from which the five-and-twenty tin soldiers were originally fashioned, according to the narrator.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	originally	originally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	case	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	fixed	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | five |  |  | the material |  | fashioned, originally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Melted lead from a cannon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e4:o1:1
# text = Melted lead from a cannon.
1	Melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cannon	cannon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The same old tin spoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e4:o2:1
# text = The same old tin spoon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tin spoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e4:o3:1
# text = A tin spoon.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Painted wood from a drum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e4:o4:1
# text = Painted wood from a drum.
1	Painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  | wood |  | a drum |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent wood=Result from drum=Material |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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