--- title: Of what material were the grains of dust in the streets of Pita comp… — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics description: Of what material were the grains of dust in the streets of Pita composed? Exam question 2 of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1137-pg3027-part3/e2/) [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/) / [Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1137-pg3027-part3/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa… Of what material were the grains of dust in the streets of Pita composed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** be, compose · **To what, where:** grains, streets This is exam question 2 of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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/1137-pg3027-part3/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e2:1 # text = Of what material were the grains of dust in the streets of Pita composed? 1 Of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grains grain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Pita Pita PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | material | the grains | | the streets of Pita | | of dust | tree rules | | 2 | **compose** | participle | | the streets of Pita *not said here* | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} crushed gold, silver and precious jewels of every kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e2:o1:1 # text = crushed gold, silver and precious jewels of every kind 1 crushed crush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crush** | participle | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} pure white ivory ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e2:o2:1 # text = pure white ivory 1 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} red clay and sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e2:o3:1 # text = red clay and sand 1 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} gold and silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e2:o4:1 # text = gold and silver 1 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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