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title: Upon what material did the Lion propose that the King should test th… — Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what material did the Lion propose that the King should test the huntsmen's gait? Exam question 1 of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning gi…

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Upon what material did the Lion propose that the King should test the huntsmen's gait?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lion, King · **What happens:** propose, test · **To what, where:** gait

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» 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/1925-pg7277-part62/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e1:1
# text = Upon what material did the Lion propose that the King should test the huntsmen's gait?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	gait	gait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past · do-support | the Lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **test** | should | the King | the huntsmen's gait |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gait=Theme |

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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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peas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e1:o1:1
# text = peas
1	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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beans spread on the stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e1:o2:1
# text = beans spread on the stone
1	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | beans |  |  | the stone |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stone=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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peas strewn upon the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e1:o3:1
# text = peas strewn upon the floor
1	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	strewn	strewn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strewn** | participle |  | peas *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the floor | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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rice on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e1:o4:1
# text = rice on the floor
1	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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