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title: Of what material was the garment worn by the damsel? — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what material was the garment worn by the damsel? Exam question 3 of lesson 167 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the Greek king dies of poisoned pages, then the magic fish burn in the kitchen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the…

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Of what material was the garment worn by the damsel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** be, wear · **To what, where:** garment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 167 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the Greek king dies of poisoned pages, then the magic fish burn in the kitchen» 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/167-pg128-part7/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e3:1
# text = Of what material was the garment worn by the damsel?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	damsel	damsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | material | the garment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | the garment *not said here* |  |  |  | by the damsel | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a long robe of flowered green satin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e3:o1:1
# text = a long robe of flowered green satin
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	flowered	flower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	satin	satin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flower** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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striped cotton

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e3:o2:1
# text = striped cotton
1	striped	striped	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cotton	cotton	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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richly flowered satin with gold thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e3:o3:1
# text = richly flowered satin with gold thread
1	richly	richly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	flowered	flower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	satin	satin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flower** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | richly *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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flowered satin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:e3:o4:1
# text = flowered satin
1	flowered	flower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	satin	satin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flower** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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