--- title: Indicate the substance of which the river giant's moustache was comp… — Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma bea… · tree and pragmatics description: Indicate the substance of which the river giant's moustache was composed, according to the narrative. Exam question 4 of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1136-pg3027-part2/e4/) [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/) / [Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma bea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1136-pg3027-part2/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the ri… Indicate the substance of which the river giant's moustache was composed, according to the narrative. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** indicate, compose, accord · **To what, where:** substance, moustache This is exam question 4 of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» 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/1136-pg3027-part2/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e4:1 # text = Indicate the substance of which the river giant's moustache was composed, according to the narrative. 1 Indicate indicate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 moustache moustache NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the substance | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot substance=Topic | | 2 | **compose** | past · passive | | the river giant's moustache | | | | of the substance | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} grey fog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e4:o1:1 # text = grey fog 1 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} brown bog-moss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e4:o2:1 # text = brown bog-moss 1 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} grey fever-mist ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e4:o3:1 # text = grey fever-mist 1 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} mist ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e4:o4:1 # text = mist 1 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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