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title: Which material was employed to line the basket in which the doll was… — pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which material was employed to line the basket in which the doll was placed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1767 «pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 4 · pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl,…

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Which material was employed to line the basket in which the doll was placed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** employ, line, place · **To what, where:** material, basket, doll

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1767 «pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies» 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/1767-pg641-part18/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e4:1
# text = Which material was employed to line the basket in which the doll was placed?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	line	line	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | past · passive |  | which material |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **line** | to-infinitive |  | the basket |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme basket=Destination |
| 3 | **place** | past · passive |  | the doll |  | the basket |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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soft wool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e4:o1:1
# text = soft wool
1	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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fine cotton

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e4:o2:1
# text = fine cotton
1	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cotton	cotton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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linen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e4:o3:1
# text = linen
1	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e4:o4:1
# text = silk
1	silk	silk	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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