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title: Which item did the cobbler propose as a protection for the boy's nose? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which item did the cobbler propose as a protection for the boy's nose? Exam question 2 of lesson 1790 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls Jem a dwarf, father forgets him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls…

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Which item did the cobbler propose as a protection for the boy's nose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** item · **What happens:** propose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1790 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, The Dwarf Nose, part 41: Mother calls Jem a dwarf, father forgets him» 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/1790-pg641-part41/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:e2:1
# text = Which item did the cobbler propose as a protection for the boy's nose?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past · do-support | which item |  |  |  |  | as a protection; for the boy's nose | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that 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 little case made of fine red leather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:e2:o1:1
# text = a little case made of fine red leather
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a little case *not said here* |  |  |  | of fine red leather | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a strip of red cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:e2:o2:1
# text = a strip of red cloth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strip	strip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a case of red leather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:e2:o3:1
# text = a case of red leather
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a plate of red iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1790-pg641-part41:e2:o4:1
# text = a plate of red iron
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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