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title: Of what substance did the manikin produce the bobbins on each occasi… — Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the yo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what substance did the manikin produce the bobbins on each occasion of spinning? Exam question 4 of lesson 1436 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial, and the miller's daughter must spin gold for the King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial,…

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Of what substance did the manikin produce the bobbins on each occasion of spinning?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manikin, occasion · **What happens:** produce, spin · **To what, where:** bobbins, occasion

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1436 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial, and the miller's daughter must spin gold for the King» 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/1436-pg503-part23/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:e4:1
# text = Of what substance did the manikin produce the bobbins on each occasion of spinning?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	manikin	manikin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bobbins	bobbin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | past · do-support | the manikin | the bobbins |  | each occasion |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bobbin=Result |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund | each occasion *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = Silver
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = Gold
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = Tin
1	Tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1436-pg503-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = Ore
1	Ore	ore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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