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title: Indicate the material with which the Giant's guests were occupied in… — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Indicate the material with which the Giant's guests were occupied in the gallery of the castle. Exam question 3 of lesson 1920 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' quests end in joy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' ques…

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Indicate the material with which the Giant's guests were occupied in the gallery of the castle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Giant guests · **What happens:** indicate, be · **To what, where:** material, gallery

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1920 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' quests end in joy» 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/1920-pg7277-part57/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e3:1
# text = Indicate the material with which the Giant's guests were occupied in the gallery of the castle.
1	Indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	occupied	occupied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gallery	gallery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the material |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot material=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Giant guests |  |  | the gallery of the castle |  | with the material; occupied *property* | 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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woven silk and gilded cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e3:o1:1
# text = woven silk and gilded cloth
1	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	gilded	gild	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **gild** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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tapestry and embroidered stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e3:o2:1
# text = tapestry and embroidered stories
1	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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tapestry and embroidered stories of the Fairies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e3:o3:1
# text = tapestry and embroidered stories of the Fairies
1	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fairies	Fairy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** | past | tapestry | stories of the Fairies |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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fine tapestry, silk and gold-thread embroidered stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e3:o4:1
# text = fine tapestry, silk and gold-thread embroidered stories
1	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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