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title: Which material is used for the vessels served to the lesser guests a… — Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which material is used for the vessels served to the lesser guests at the feast? Exam question 3 of lesson 1258 «Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey, part 59: the clever tortoise tricks an elephant and a whale into a tug-of-war» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monk…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which material is used for the vessels served to the lesser guests at the feast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vessels · **What happens:** use, serve · **To what, where:** material, lesser guests, feast

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1258 «Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey, part 59: the clever tortoise tricks an elephant and a whale into a tug-of-war» 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/1258-pg3282-part59/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:e3:1
# text = Which material is used for the vessels served to the lesser guests at the feast?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	lesser	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | which material |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **serve** | past | the vessels |  | the lesser guests | the feast |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to guest=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bronze, for the poor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:e3:o1:1
# text = Bronze, for the poor.
1	Bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pewter vessels, cheaper than those of the high-born nobles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:e3:o2:1
# text = Pewter vessels, cheaper than those of the high-born nobles.
1	Pewter	pewter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Silver, but only after the king had first ordered the gold ones carried away to the treasury for safekeeping.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:e3:o3:1
# text = Silver, but only after the king had first ordered the gold ones carried away to the treasury for safekeeping.
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
10	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	treasury	treasury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	safekeeping	safekeeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past · perfect | Silver *not said here* | the gold ones |  |  | after the king | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **carry away** | past | Silver |  |  | the treasury for safekeeping |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to treasury=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Silver, as distinct from the gold reserved for the nobles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:e3:o4:1
# text = Silver, as distinct from the gold reserved for the nobles.
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | past | Silver |  |  |  |  | for the nobles | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for noble=Beneficiary |

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