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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the material from which the hall's pillars were constructed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland» of the books c
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tr…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the material from which the hall's pillars were constructed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, identify, construct · **To what, where:** material, pillars

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland» 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/1960-pg7439-part19/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the material from which the hall's pillars were constructed?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	pillars	pillar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the material |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme |
| 3 | **construct** | past · passive |  | the hall's pillars |  | the material |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from which=Material |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Gold and silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e4:o1:1
# text = Gold and silver
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hollowed pearls, gold and silver crystal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e4:o2:1
# text = Hollowed pearls, gold and silver crystal
1	Hollowed	hollow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crystal	crystal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hollow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Iron and bronze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e4:o3:1
# text = Iron and bronze
1	Iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Polished gold and carved silver from the far east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e4:o4:1
# text = Polished gold and carved silver from the far east
1	Polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	carved	carve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | participle |  | gold |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Destination |
| 2 | **carve** | past |  | silver |  | the far east |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset silver=Product from east=Material |

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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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