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title: Of what material was the palace constructed, as stated in the passage? — Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what material was the palace constructed, as stated in the passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's…

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Of what material was the palace constructed, as stated in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material, palace · **What happens:** be, construct, state · **To what, where:** passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his 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/1718-pg640-part42/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e1:1
# text = Of what material was the palace constructed, as stated in the passage?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	constructed	construct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | material |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **construct** | past | the palace |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | the palace *not said here* |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 {#o1}

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brick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e1:o1:1
# text = brick
1	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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porphyry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e1:o2:1
# text = porphyry
1	porphyry	porphyry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e1:o3:1
# text = wood
1	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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granite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e1:o4:1
# text = granite
1	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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