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title: Which item was the nobleman's purse said to contain, apart from coins? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who W… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which item was the nobleman's purse said to contain, apart from coins? Exam question 2 of lesson 1124 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an old man is sent to school, a nobleman gives him a purse, and his sons are tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an ol…

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Which item was the nobleman's purse said to contain, apart from coins?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** item · **What happens:** be, say, contain · **To what, where:** purse · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1124 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an old man is sent to school, a nobleman gives him a purse, and his sons are tricked» 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/1124-pg29672-part30/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e2:1
# text = Which item was the nobleman's purse said to contain, apart from coins?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	contain	contain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the nobleman's purse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | which item |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **contain** | to-infinitive | which item *not said here* |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a little sack hidden in the lid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = a little sack hidden in the lid
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | a little sack *not said here* |  | the lid |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lid=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a little note tucked in the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = a little note tucked in the middle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | participle |  | a little note *not said here* |  | the middle |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in middle=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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"a little sack in the middle of it"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = "a little sack in the middle of it"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a silver clasp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = a silver clasp
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clasp	clasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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