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title: What object was the youngest son's rope, as ordered by his father, c… — Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: P… · tree and pragmatics
description: What object was the youngest son's rope, as ordered by his father, composed of? Exam question 3 of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 3 · Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the…

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What object was the youngest son's rope, as ordered by his father, composed of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** be, order, compose · **To what, where:** father

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» 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/1531-pg540-part28/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e3:1
# text = What object was the youngest son's rope, as ordered by his father, composed of?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | object |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **order** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by his father | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **compose** | participle |  | his father *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Linen, twisted together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e3:o1:1
# text = Linen, twisted together
1	Linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	twisted	twist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leather, plaited to a great length and strengthened with iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e3:o2:1
# text = Leather, plaited to a great length and strengthened with iron
1	Leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	plaited	plait	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plait** | participle · passive |  | Leather |  |  |  | to a great length | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **strengthen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with iron | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with iron=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Strong leather, carefully plaited and braided to the length required

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e3:o3:1
# text = Strong leather, carefully plaited and braided to the length required
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	plaited	plait	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	braided	braid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plait** | participle |  | Strong leather *not said here* |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **braid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the length | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **require** | participle |  | the length *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leather, plaited to length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e3:o4:1
# text = Leather, plaited to length
1	Leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	plaited	plait	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plait** | participle |  | Leather *not said here* |  |  |  | to length | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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