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title: Of what material were the furnishings of the glass palace constructed? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what material were the furnishings of the glass palace constructed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1655 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part 44: the lad serves the troll as hare, raven and fish, and meets the troll's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part…

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Of what material were the furnishings of the glass palace constructed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, construct · **To what, where:** furnishings, glass palace

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1655 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part 44: the lad serves the troll as hare, raven and fish, and meets the troll's daughter» 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/1655-pg5615-part44/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:e4:1
# text = Of what material were the furnishings of the glass palace constructed?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	furnishings	furnishings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the furnishings |  |  |  | of the glass palace | tree rules |
| 2 | **construct** | participle |  | the glass palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
White ivory inlaid with gold and pearl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:e4:o1:1
# text = White ivory inlaid with gold and pearl
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	inlaid	inlay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inlay** | participle |  | White ivory *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold and pearl | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Black ebony inlaid with silver and jade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:e4:o2:1
# text = Black ebony inlaid with silver and jade
1	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ebony	ebony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	inlaid	inlay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inlay** | participle |  | Black ebony *not said here* |  |  |  | with silver and jade | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silver=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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White ivory inlaid with gold and pearl, polished every morning by the troll's servants

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:e4:o3:1
# text = White ivory inlaid with gold and pearl, polished every morning by the troll's servants
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	inlaid	inlay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inlay** | participle |  | White ivory *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold and pearl | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme |
| 2 | **polish** | participle |  | White ivory *not said here* |  |  | morning | by the troll's servants | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carved ebony and white ivory, inlaid with gold, pearl, and bright precious stones of the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:e4:o4:1
# text = Carved ebony and white ivory, inlaid with gold, pearl, and bright precious stones of the sea
1	Carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
2	ebony	ebony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	inlaid	inlay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **inlay** | participle |  | Carved ebony ivory and bright precious stones of the sea *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold and pearl | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme |

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