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title: What is the function of the deer's foot hanging by the golden door? — White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic w… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the function of the deer's foot hanging by the golden door? Exam question 2 of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 2 · White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace…

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What is the function of the deer's foot hanging by the golden door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** function, foot · **What happens:** be, hang

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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/1450-pg503-part37/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e2:1
# text = What is the function of the deer's foot hanging by the golden door?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the function of the deer's foot |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | gerund | the deer's foot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the golden door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It signals the arrival of a visitor by ringing a bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e2:o1:1
# text = It signals the arrival of a visitor by ringing a bell
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signals	signal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | gerund | the arrival of a visitor *not said here* | a bell |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** |  | a visitor |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a hunting trophy showing the Prince's skill in the forest of dogs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e2:o2:1
# text = It is a hunting trophy showing the Prince's skill in the forest of dogs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trophy	trophy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a hunting trophy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | a hunting trophy *not said here* | the Prince's skill |  |  |  | in the forest of dogs | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent skill=Patient in forest=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It shows the Prince's hunting trophy from the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e2:o3:1
# text = It shows the Prince's hunting trophy from the forest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	trophy	trophy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It | the Prince's hunting trophy |  | the forest |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent trophy=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It is a charm that protects the castle from all evil spirits and creatures forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a charm that protects the castle from all evil spirits and creatures forever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a charm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **protect** | present | a charm | the castle |  |  |  | from all evil spirits and creatures; forever *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent castle=Beneficiary from spirit=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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