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title: Of what material was the vessel encountered upon the river composed? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what material was the vessel encountered upon the river composed? Exam question 3 of lesson 1917 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath, the Black Bird's words, and a paper ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath,…

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Of what material was the vessel encountered upon the river composed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** be, encounter, compose · **To what, where:** vessel, river

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1917 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath, the Black Bird's words, and a paper ship» 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/1917-pg7277-part54/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e3:1
# text = Of what material was the vessel encountered upon the river composed?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | material | the vessel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **encounter** | past |  |  |  |  |  | upon the river | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **compose** | participle |  | the river *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: 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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White paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e3:o1:1
# text = White paper
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	paper	paper	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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Wrought iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e3:o2:1
# text = Wrought iron
1	Wrought	wrought	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	iron	iron	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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Woven reed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e3:o3:1
# text = Woven reed
1	Woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	reed	reed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Polished oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e3:o4:1
# text = Polished oak
1	Polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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