--- title: What was discovered within the chest when it was opened by the woman? — Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor… · tree and pragmatics description: What was discovered within the chest when it was opened by the woman? Exam question 1 of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1672-pg5615-part61/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/) / [Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1672-pg5615-part61/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61:… What was discovered within the chest when it was opened by the woman? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** woman · **What happens:** discover, open · **To what, where:** chest This is exam question 1 of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» 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/1672-pg5615-part61/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e1:1 # text = What was discovered within the chest when it was opened by the woman? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 within within ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past · passive | | | | | | within the chest | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **open** | past · passive | the woman | chest | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=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 {#o1} Scorpions with glittering eyes and sharp claws ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e1:o1:1 # text = Scorpions with glittering eyes and sharp claws 1 Scorpions scorpion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Serpents with glittering eyes and forked tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e1:o2:1 # text = Serpents with glittering eyes and forked tongues 1 Serpents serpent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 forked fork VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fork** | participle | | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Vipers with black eyes and hissing tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e1:o3:1 # text = Vipers with black eyes and hissing tongues 1 Vipers viper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 hissing hissing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Snakes and bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e1:o4:1 # text = Snakes and bones 1 Snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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