--- title: Of what material was the first wood through which the princess and t… — Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: t… · tree and pragmatics description: Of what material was the first wood through which the princess and the Bull passed composed? Exam question 1 of lesson 1548 «Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: the princess and the Bull flee, and she tears leaves in three magic woods» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1548-pg540-part45/e1/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1548-pg540-part45/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: the princess and the… Of what material was the first wood through which the princess and the Bull passed composed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** be, compose · **To what, where:** first wood, princess This is exam question 1 of lesson 1548 «Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: the princess and the Bull flee, and she tears leaves in three magic woods» 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/1548-pg540-part45/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e1:1 # text = Of what material was the first wood through which the princess and the Bull passed composed? 1 Of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Bull Bull PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | material | the first wood | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **compose** | past · passive | | the princess and the Bull | | the first wood | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | 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} Brass mixed with copper ore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e1:o1:1 # text = Brass mixed with copper ore 1 Brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 ore ore NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | participle | | Brass *not said here* | | | | with copper ore | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with ore=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e1:o2:1 # text = Tin 1 Tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Copper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e1:o3:1 # text = Copper 1 Copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Iron ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1548-pg540-part45:e1:o4:1 # text = Iron 1 Iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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