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title: In what material did the youth wrap the serpent's tongues before dep… — Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what material did the youth wrap the serpent's tongues before departing? Exam question 4 of lesson 1648 «Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 37: a bird, a boar, and a seven-headed serpent» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 4 · Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 37: a bird, a boar,…

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In what material did the youth wrap the serpent's tongues before departing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material, youth · **What happens:** do, wrap, depart · **To what, where:** tongues

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1648 «Red Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 37: a bird, a boar, and a seven-headed serpent» 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/1648-pg5615-part37/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e4:1
# text = In what material did the youth wrap the serpent's tongues before departing?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wrap	wrap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	departing	depart	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | material |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wrap** | present | the youth | the serpent's tongues |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme in what=Destination |
| 3 | **depart** | gerund | the youth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A thick cloth woven from the wool of sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e4:o1:1
# text = A thick cloth woven from the wool of sheep
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  | a thick cloth *not said here* |  | the wool of sheep |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wool=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A linen sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e4:o2:1
# text = A linen sack
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	linen	linen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sack	sack	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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A heavy golden box lined with soft velvet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e4:o3:1
# text = A heavy golden box lined with soft velvet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	lined	line	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line** | participle |  | a heavy golden box *not said here* |  |  |  | with soft velvet | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with velvet=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A thick cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1648-pg5615-part37:e4:o4:1
# text = A thick cloth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cloth	cloth	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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