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title: Which magical substance did the old witch employ in the composition… — Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which magical substance did the old witch employ in the composition of the enchanted sphere? Exam question 1 of lesson 1455 «Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince…

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Which magical substance did the old witch employ in the composition of the enchanted sphere?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** magical substance · **What happens:** do, enchant · **To what, where:** old witch employ, composition

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1455 «Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab» 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/1455-pg503-part42/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e1:1
# text = Which magical substance did the old witch employ in the composition of the enchanted sphere?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	sphere	sphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | magical substance | the old witch employ |  | the composition of the enchanted sphere |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Some nightshade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e1:o1:1
# text = Some nightshade
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	nightshade	nightshade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twelve sorts of hemlock root, with black pepper and sour wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e1:o2:1
# text = Twelve sorts of hemlock root, with black pepper and sour wine
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sorts	sort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	hemlock	hemlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** |  |  | hemlock root |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nine varieties of enchanters' nightshade, together with salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e1:o3:1
# text = Nine varieties of enchanters' nightshade, together with salt
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	varieties	variety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	enchanters	enchanter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	nightshade	nightshade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Three kinds of wolfsbane mixed with dried frogs and honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e1:o4:1
# text = Three kinds of wolfsbane mixed with dried frogs and honey
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wolfsbane	wolfsbane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | Three kinds of wolfsbane *not said here* |  |  |  | with dried frogs and honey | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with frog=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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