--- title: Of what material was the bag in which the cat carried the ball const… — Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo… · tree and pragmatics description: Of what material was the bag in which the cat carried the ball constructed? Exam question 2 of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/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/) / [Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: t… Of what material was the bag in which the cat carried the ball constructed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material, cat · **What happens:** be, carry, construct · **To what, where:** bag, ball This is exam question 2 of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» 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/1247-pg3282-part48/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e2:1 # text = Of what material was the bag in which the cat carried the ball constructed? 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 constructed construct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ 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 bag | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | past | the cat | the ball | | the bag | | | tree rules | | 3 | **construct** | participle | the cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: 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} A goat's skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e2:o1:1 # text = A goat's skin 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Sheep's wool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e2:o2:1 # text = Sheep's wool 1 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A snake's skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e2:o3:1 # text = A snake's skin 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Leather ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:e2:o4:1 # text = Leather 1 Leather leather 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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