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title: Which phrase in the passage identifies the sole material possession… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase in the passage identifies the sole material possession John carries upon departure? Exam question 2 of lesson 1006 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: John buries his father and sets out into the world» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: Joh…

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Which phrase in the passage identifies the sole material possession John carries upon departure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, John · **What happens:** identify, carry · **To what, where:** sole material possession

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1006 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: John buries his father and sets out into the world» 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/1006-pg27200-part217/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e2:1
# text = Which phrase in the passage identifies the sole material possession John carries upon departure?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | which phrase in the passage | the sole material possession |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent possession=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | present | John | the sole material possession *not said here* |  |  |  | upon departure | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"fifty dollars and a few shillings"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e2:o1:1
# text = "fifty dollars and a few shillings"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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"a few shillings"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e2:o2:1
# text = "a few shillings"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"fifty dollars and a silver watch"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e2:o3:1
# text = "fifty dollars and a silver watch"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	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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"fifty dollars"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e2:o4:1
# text = "fifty dollars"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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