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title: Upon which material did Renelde commence her labours when the Count… — Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon which material did Renelde commence her labours when the Count first observed her at the cottage? Exam question 3 of lesson 1568 «Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard ord…

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Upon which material did Renelde commence her labours when the Count first observed her at the cottage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Renelde, Count · **What happens:** commence, observe · **To what, where:** labours, Renelde, cottage

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1568 «Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill» 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/1568-pg540-part65/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e3:1
# text = Upon which material did Renelde commence her labours when the Count first observed her at the cottage?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Renelde	Renelde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	commence	commence	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	labours	labour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	_
13	observed	observe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commence** | past · do-support | Renelde | Renelde's labours |  |  |  | upon which material | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent labour=Eventuality |
| 2 | **observe** | past | the Count | Renelde |  | the cottage |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

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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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flax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e3:o1:1
# text = flax
1	flax	flax	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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raw sheep's wool from the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e3:o2:1
# text = raw sheep's wool from the hills
1	raw	raw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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hemp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e3:o3:1
# text = hemp
1	hemp	hemp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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linen thread bought in the town market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e3:o4:1
# text = linen thread bought in the town market
1	linen	linen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | participle |  | linen thread *not said here* |  | the town market |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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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