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title: Which description accurately identifies the object the Princess pull… — Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which description accurately identifies the object the Princess pulled that produced melodious sound? Exam question 3 of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

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Which description accurately identifies the object the Princess pulled that produced melodious sound?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** description, Princess, that · **What happens:** identify, pull, produce · **To what, where:** object, melodious sound

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» 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/1919-pg7277-part56/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:e3:1
# text = Which description accurately identifies the object the Princess pulled that produced melodious sound?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	produced	produce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	melodious	melodious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | which description | the object |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | past | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **produce** | past | that | melodious sound |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Result |

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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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The silken thread that made a soft hum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:e3:o1:1
# text = The silken thread that made a soft hum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hum	hum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the silken thread | a soft hum |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hum=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The golden rope that rang a little bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:e3:o2:1
# text = The golden rope that rang a little bell
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the golden rope | a little bell |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The silk cord which chimed out loud bells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:e3:o3:1
# text = The silk cord which chimed out loud bells
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chimed	chime	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chime out** | past | the silk cord | loud bells |  |  |  | out *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The silken cord which rang a peal of silver bells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:e3:o4:1
# text = The silken cord which rang a peal of silver bells
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	peal	peal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the silken cord | a peal of silver bells |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location peal=Theme |
| 2 | **peal** |  | silver bells |  |  |  |  |  | nom peal «event intransitive»: of=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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