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title: State the material of the vessel encountered by the princes and iden… — Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the material of the vessel encountered by the princes and identify its occupant. Exam question 1 of lesson 1653 «Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless princes promise their unborn brother to a witch to escape a storm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 1 · Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless prin…

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State the material of the vessel encountered by the princes and identify its occupant.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** encounter, identify · **To what, where:** State material, occupant

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1653 «Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless princes promise their unborn brother to a witch to escape a storm» 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/1653-pg5615-part42/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:e1:1
# text = State the material of the vessel encountered by the princes and identify its occupant.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	occupant	occupant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encounter** | participle |  | the State material of the vessel *not said here* |  |  |  | by the princes | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **identify** | infinitive |  | vessel's occupant |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occupant=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 large wooden trough used for kneading bread, occupied by a very old and wicked woman from the forest.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:e1:o1:1
# text = A large wooden trough used for kneading bread, occupied by a very old and wicked woman from the forest.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	trough	trough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	kneading	kneading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a large wooden trough *not said here* |  |  |  | for kneading bread | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **occupy** | participle |  | a large wooden trough *not said here* |  |  |  | by a old woman from the forest | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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A dough-trough, occupied by an old woman.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:e1:o2:1
# text = A dough-trough, occupied by an old woman.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	trough	trough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | participle |  | a dough trough *not said here* |  |  |  | by a old woman | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wicker basket, holding an old fisherman.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:e1:o3:1
# text = A wicker basket, holding an old fisherman.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicker	wicker	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | a wicker basket *not said here* | a old fisherman |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fisherman=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A battered dough-trough, floating on the waves, with an old woman seated inside it and waving at the princes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1653-pg5615-part42:e1:o4:1
# text = A battered dough-trough, floating on the waves, with an old woman seated inside it and waving at the princes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	battered	batter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
3	dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	trough	trough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **batter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  | the waves with a old woman |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wave=Trajectory |
| 3 | **seat** | participle |  | a old woman *not said here* |  | trough |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
| 4 | **wave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the princes | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at prince=Location |

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