--- title: Which word in the passage denotes the belt in which John secures his… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shi… · tree and pragmatics description: Which word in the passage denotes the belt in which John secures his money? Exam question 3 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 dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1006-pg27200-part217/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1006-pg27200-part217/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: Joh… Which word in the passage denotes the belt in which John secures his money? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** word, John · **What happens:** denote, secure · **To what, where:** belt, money This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e3:1 # text = Which word in the passage denotes the belt in which John secures his money? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word 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 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 11 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 secures secure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | which word in the passage | the belt | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot belt=Topic | | 2 | **secure** | present | John | John's money | | the belt | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition money=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} "girdle" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e3:o1:1 # text = "girdle" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} "leather belt" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e3:o2:1 # text = "leather belt" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} "wallet" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e3:o3:1 # text = "wallet" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "waistband of his trousers" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e3:o4:1 # text = "waistband of his trousers" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 waistband waistband NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 trousers trousers NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` 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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