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title: Which material did the beast's sister's palace consist of, in the or… — Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: P… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which material did the beast's sister's palace consist of, in the order in which the Prince visited them? Exam question 4 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 dep
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# Exam question 4 · Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the…

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Which material did the beast's sister's palace consist of, in the order in which the Prince visited them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** material, Prince · **What happens:** do, visit · **To what, where:** palace consist, order, them

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e4:1
# text = Which material did the beast's sister's palace consist of, in the order in which the Prince visited them?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	consist	consist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
21	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which material | the beast's sister's palace consist |  | the order |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consist=Eventuality |
| 2 | **visit** | past | the Prince | them *= they* |  | the order |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Copper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e4:o1:1
# text = Copper
1	Copper	copper	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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Gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28: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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Polished red copper with green roof tiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e4:o3:1
# text = Polished red copper with green roof tiles
1	Polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tiles	tile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | participle |  | red copper |  |  |  | with green roof tiles | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent copper=Destination with tile=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Beaten copper inlaid with silver and precious gems

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e4:o4:1
# text = Beaten copper inlaid with silver and precious gems
1	Beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	inlaid	inlay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	gems	gem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **inlay** | participle |  | Beaten copper *not said here* |  |  |  | with silver and precious gems | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silver=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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