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title: State the substance which the lady extracts from Elsa by means of a… — Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the substance which the lady extracts from Elsa by means of a tiny golden needle. Exam question 3 of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a…

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State the substance which the lady extracts from Elsa by means of a tiny golden needle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lady · **What happens:** extract, mean · **To what, where:** State substance, Elsa

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new 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/1751-pg641-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e3:1
# text = State the substance which the lady extracts from Elsa by means of a tiny golden needle.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	extracts	extract	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extract** | present | the lady | the State substance |  | Elsa |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent which=Theme from elsa=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the lady *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of a tiny golden needle | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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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A small sample of her tears collected in a golden cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = A small sample of her tears collected in a golden cup
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	collected	collect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | past | a small sample of sample's tears |  |  | a golden cup |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sample** |  |  | sample's tears |  |  |  |  | nom sample «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A drop of blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = A drop of blood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bit of hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = A bit of hair
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A drop of her blood taken from her arm with a needle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = A drop of her blood taken from her arm with a needle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a drop of her blood *not said here* |  | her arm |  | with a needle | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from arm=Initial\_Location |

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