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title: Which material is the fairy palace described as being constructed fr… — Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which material is the fairy palace described as being constructed from? Exam question 1 of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, pa…

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Which material is the fairy palace described as being constructed from?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** be, describe, construct · **To what, where:** fairy palace

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» 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/1542-pg540-part39/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e1:1
# text = Which material is the fairy palace described as being constructed from?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | which material | the fairy palace |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | the fairy palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **construct** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP» |

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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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rare coloured crystal mined deep in the far northern hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e1:o1:1
# text = rare coloured crystal mined deep in the far northern hills
1	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crystal	crystal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	mined	mine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mine** | participle |  | rare coloured crystal *not said here* |  | the far northern hills |  | deep *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in hill=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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clear crystal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e1:o2:1
# text = clear crystal
1	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	crystal	crystal	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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clear crystal, cut with silver and gold around the windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e1:o3:1
# text = clear crystal, cut with silver and gold around the windows
1	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	crystal	crystal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | infinitive | clear crystal |  |  | the windows |  | with silver and gold | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around window=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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red granite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e1:o4:1
# text = red granite
1	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	granite	granite	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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