--- title: Which material composed the breastplate worn by the rider upon the b… — Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which material composed the breastplate worn by the rider upon the brass statue? Exam question 1 of lesson 178 «Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea, then frees a boy from an underground tomb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/178-pg128-part18/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/178-pg128-part18/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea… Which material composed the breastplate worn by the rider upon the brass statue? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** compose, wear · **To what, where:** breastplate This is exam question 1 of lesson 178 «Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea, then frees a boy from an underground tomb» 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/178-pg128-part18/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e1:1 # text = Which material composed the breastplate worn by the rider upon the brass statue? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 composed compose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 breastplate breastplate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rider rider NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | past | which material | the breastplate | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breastplate=Result | | 2 | **wear** | participle | | the breastplate *not said here* | | | | by the rider upon the brass statue | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | 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} Brass coated in silver paint ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e1:o1:1 # text = Brass coated in silver paint 1 Brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 coated coat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **coat** | participle | | Brass *not said here* | | | | in silver paint | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in paint=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Lead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e1:o2:1 # text = Lead 1 Lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Zinc ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e1:o3:1 # text = Zinc 1 Zinc zinc NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Bronze alloy from the statue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e1:o4:1 # text = Bronze alloy from the statue 1 Bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 alloy alloy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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