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title: Of what material was the chest in which the Princess and infant were… — Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what material was the chest in which the Princess and infant were cast upon the sea? Exam question 4 of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince a…

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Of what material was the chest in which the Princess and infant were cast upon the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** be, cast · **To what, where:** chest, Princess

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» 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/1456-pg503-part43/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e4:1
# text = Of what material was the chest in which the Princess and infant were cast upon the sea?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | material | the chest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cast** | past · passive |  | the Princess |  | the chest |  | upon the sea | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |

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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}

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Iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e4:o1:1
# text = Iron
1	Iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Silver, bound with golden rings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e4:o2:1
# text = Silver, bound with golden rings
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle | Silver |  |  |  |  | with golden rings | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with ring=Co-Patient |

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

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Brass, bound with metal straps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e4:o3:1
# text = Brass, bound with metal straps
1	Brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	straps	strap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  | Brass *not said here* |  |  |  | with metal straps | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with strap=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e4:o4:1
# text = Wood
1	Wood	wood	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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**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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