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title: Which object was fashioned from the princess's remains, and by whom… — English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cru… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object was fashioned from the princess's remains, and by whom was it constructed? Exam question 2 of lesson 1949 «English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the youngest princess and the harp tells the truth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the…

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Which object was fashioned from the princess's remains, and by whom was it constructed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** be, construct · **To what, where:** remains, object

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1949 «English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the youngest princess and the harp tells the truth» 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/1949-pg7439-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:e2:1
# text = Which object was fashioned from the princess's remains, and by whom was it constructed?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | which object |  |  | the princess's remains |  | fashioned *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **construct** | past · passive |  | object |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A lute, made by the travelling king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = A lute, made by the travelling king
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lute	lute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	travelling	travelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a lute *not said here* |  |  |  | by the travelling king | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A harp, by the harper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = A harp, by the harper
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	harper	harper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A harp, fashioned by the travelling harper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = A harp, fashioned by the travelling harper
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	travelling	travelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	harper	harper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A violin, crafted by the travelling minstrel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1949-pg7439-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = A violin, crafted by the travelling minstrel
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	violin	violin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	crafted	craft	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	travelling	travelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **craft** | participle |  | a violin *not said here* |  |  |  | by the travelling minstrel | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: 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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