--- title: Specify the material from which the old lady's headwear was construc… — Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstal… · tree and pragmatics description: Specify the material from which the old lady's headwear was constructed. Exam question 2 of lesson 1535 «Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trades the cow for magic beans» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1535-pg540-part32/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstal…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1535-pg540-part32/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trad… Specify the material from which the old lady's headwear was constructed. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** specify, construct · **To what, where:** material, headwear This is exam question 2 of lesson 1535 «Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trades the cow for magic beans» 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/1535-pg540-part32/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e2:1 # text = Specify the material from which the old lady's headwear was constructed. 1 Specify specify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 headwear headwear NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 constructed construct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the material | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme | | 2 | **construct** | past · passive | | the old lady's headwear | | the material | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from which=Material | 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} Knitted blue cotton ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e2:o1:1 # text = Knitted blue cotton 1 Knitted knit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 2 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knit** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Red silk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e2:o2:1 # text = Red silk 1 Red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Pressed white linen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e2:o3:1 # text = Pressed white linen 1 Pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | participle | | white linen | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent linen=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Quilted red satin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e2:o4:1 # text = Quilted red satin 1 Quilted quilt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quilt** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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