--- title: Which object did the king finally place upon the scale in order to b… — Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the king finally place upon the scale in order to balance the silk? Exam question 1 of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1642-pg5615-part31/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/) / [Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1642-pg5615-part31/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the K… Which object did the king finally place upon the scale in order to balance the silk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, balance · **To what, where:** king, order, silk This is exam question 1 of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» 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/1642-pg5615-part31/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:e1:1 # text = Which object did the king finally place upon the scale in order to balance the silk? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object 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 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 finally finally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 scale scale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 balance balance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the king | | order | | | tree rules | | 2 | **balance** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the silk | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location silk=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} His golden crown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:e1:o1:1 # text = His golden crown 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crown** | | His *= he* | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} His silver sceptre ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:e1:o2:1 # text = His silver sceptre 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sceptre sceptre NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The royal seal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:e1:o3:1 # text = The royal seal 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} His ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:e1:o4:1 # text = His ring 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ring ring 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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