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title: What is the principal characteristic of the straw carried by the fin… — Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal characteristic of the straw carried by the final traveller? Exam question 4 of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 4 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleto…

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What is the principal characteristic of the straw carried by the final traveller?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal characteristic · **What happens:** be, carry · **To what, where:** straw

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» 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/1722-pg640-part46/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:e4:1
# text = What is the principal characteristic of the straw carried by the final traveller?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the principal characteristic of the straw |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | participle |  | the straw *not said here* |  |  |  | by the final traveller | vn carry-11.4 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It brings cold weather and frost when burned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:e4:o1:1
# text = It brings cold weather and frost when burned
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | It | cold weather and frost |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent weather=Theme |
| 2 | **burn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It causes warm breezes and sunshine when thrown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:e4:o2:1
# text = It causes warm breezes and sunshine when thrown
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	breezes	breeze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | warm breezes and sunshine |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition breeze=Patient |
| 2 | **throw** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It causes cold weather and snowfall when scattered, freezing all folk who stand near it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:e4:o3:1
# text = It causes cold weather and snowfall when scattered, freezing all folk who stand near it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	snowfall	snowfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | cold weather and snowfall |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition weather=Patient |
| 2 | **scatter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **freeze** | gerund |  | all folk |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient folk=Result |
| 4 | **stand** | present | all folk |  |  | folk |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near it=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It causes cold weather and snowfall when scattered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:e4:o4:1
# text = It causes cold weather and snowfall when scattered
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	snowfall	snowfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | cold weather and snowfall |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition weather=Patient |
| 2 | **scatter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

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