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description: Which garment did the nurse place upon the Princess before she was presented to the court? Exam question 3 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duc…

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Which garment did the nurse place upon the Princess before she was presented to the court?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** garment · **What happens:** do, present · **To what, where:** nurse place, garment, court

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» 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/1541-pg540-part38/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e3:1
# text = Which garment did the nurse place upon the Princess before she was presented to the court?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	garment	garment	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	6	det	_	_
5	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which garment | the nurse place |  |  |  | upon the Princess | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality |
| 2 | **present** | past · passive |  | garment | the court |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to court=Recipient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a dress of pale blue silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e3:o1:1
# text = a dress of pale blue silk
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a long mantle of pale green and gold brocade with a jewelled belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e3:o2:1
# text = a long mantle of pale green and gold brocade with a jewelled belt
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gold	gold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	brocade	brocade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	jewelled	jewell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jewell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a gown of deep red velvet trim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e3:o3:1
# text = a gown of deep red velvet trim
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	trim	trim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a robe of pale green and gold brocade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e3:o4:1
# text = a robe of pale green and gold brocade
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gold	gold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	brocade	brocade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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