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title: Which foodstuff did the magic table provide to the maiden upon her r… — Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Ey… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which foodstuff did the magic table provide to the maiden upon her request? Exam question 2 of lesson 129 «Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes, part 1: the Queen learns the Dwarf's name, then Two-Eyes finds a magic table and loses her goat» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Thre…

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Which foodstuff did the magic table provide to the maiden upon her request?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** foodstuff · **What happens:** provide, request · **To what, where:** maiden

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 129 «Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes, part 1: the Queen learns the Dwarf's name, then Two-Eyes finds a magic table and loses her goat» 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/129-pg11027-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e2:1
# text = Which foodstuff did the magic table provide to the maiden upon her request?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	foodstuff	foodstuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	provide	provide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | past · do-support | which foodstuff |  | the maiden |  |  | upon foodstuff's request | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to maiden=Recipient |
| 2 | **request** |  | foodstuff |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Pies and dumplings, warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = Pies and dumplings, warm
1	Pies	pie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	dumplings	dumpling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Roast chicken, served hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = Roast chicken, served hot
1	Roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | Roast chicken |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Delicate dishes served warm, with a silver spoon and fresh bread on the side

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = Delicate dishes served warm, with a silver spoon and fresh bread on the side
1	Delicate	delicate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | participle |  | Delicate dishes on the side and a silver spoon and fresh bread *not said here* |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

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

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Delicate dishes served warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = Delicate dishes served warm
1	Delicate	delicate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | participle |  | Delicate dishes *not said here* |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

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