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title: What was the nature of the object bestowed upon Petru by the goddess… — Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the W… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the nature of the object bestowed upon Petru by the goddess Mittwoch? Exam question 2 of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru…

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What was the nature of the object bestowed upon Petru by the goddess Mittwoch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, bestow · **To what, where:** object

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» 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/1781-pg641-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e2:1
# text = What was the nature of the object bestowed upon Petru by the goddess Mittwoch?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Petru	Petru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	Mittwoch	Mittwoch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the object |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bestow** | participle |  | the object *not said here* |  |  |  | upon Petru; by the goddess | tree rules |

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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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a little chest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = a little chest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chest	chest	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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a small casket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = a small casket
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	casket	casket	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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a gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = a gift
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	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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a box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = a box
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	box	box	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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