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title: Identify the material from which the Dragon's wineglass was to be fa… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Gran… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the material from which the Dragon's wineglass was to be fashioned, as stated in the riddle answer given by the third soldier. Exam question 2 of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» of the books course of M
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier…

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Identify the material from which the Dragon's wineglass was to be fashioned, as stated in the riddle answer given by the third soldier.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wineglass · **What happens:** identify, be, state, give · **To what, where:** material, riddle answer

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» 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/1687-pg640-part11/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e2:1
# text = Identify the material from which the Dragon's wineglass was to be fashioned, as stated in the riddle answer given by the third soldier.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wineglass	wineglass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	25	amod	_	_
25	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the material |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Dragon's wineglass |  |  | the material |  | fashioned *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | the Dragon's wineglass *not said here* |  |  | the riddle answer |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **give** | participle |  | the riddle answer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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The shell of a sea turtle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e2:o1:1
# text = The shell of a sea turtle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hollow hoof of a dead horse, carved and polished by the soldiers' own hands

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e2:o2:1
# text = The hollow hoof of a dead horse, carved and polished by the soldiers' own hands
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hoof	hoof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle · passive |  | the hollow hoof of a dead horse |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **polish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the soldiers's own hands | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hollow hoof of a dead horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e2:o3:1
# text = The hollow hoof of a dead horse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hoof	hoof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hoof of a living horse that the Dragon had ridden across the sea to fetch

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e2:o4:1
# text = The hoof of a living horse that the Dragon had ridden across the sea to fetch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hoof	hoof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	ridden	ride	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past · perfect | the Dragon | the hoof of a living horse *not said here* |  | the sea |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hoof=Theme across sea=Trajectory |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the Dragon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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