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title: What was the nature of the dice employed in the game of chaupur? — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasal… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the nature of the dice employed in the game of chaupur? Exam question 2 of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

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What was the nature of the dice employed in the game of chaupur?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, employ · **To what, where:** game

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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/1842-pg7128-part26/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e2:1
# text = What was the nature of the dice employed in the game of chaupur?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
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	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dice	die	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	chaupur	chaupur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **employ** | past | the nature of the dice |  |  | the game of chaupur |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Fashioned from the bones of the deceased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e2:o1:1
# text = Fashioned from the bones of the deceased
1	Fashioned	fashion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fashion** | participle |  |  |  | the bones |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from bone=Material |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  | the bones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fashioned from the bones of the deceased, and polished bright with the king's oil

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e2:o2:1
# text = Fashioned from the bones of the deceased, and polished bright with the king's oil
1	Fashioned	fashion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
7	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	polished	polish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	csubj	_	_
11	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fashion** | participle |  |  |  | the bones of the king's deceased oil |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from bone=Material |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **polish** | past |  |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carved from the bones of animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e2:o3:1
# text = Carved from the bones of animals
1	Carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  | the bones of animals |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fashioned from the bones of the deceased men of the kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e2:o4:1
# text = Fashioned from the bones of the deceased men of the kingdom
1	Fashioned	fashion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fashion** | participle |  |  |  | the bones of the deceased men of the kingdom |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from bone=Material |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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