--- title: What was the nature of the torch carried by Ceres throughout her nig… — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the nature of the torch carried by Ceres throughout her night of searching? Exam question 3 of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2071-pg976-part30/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2071-pg976-part30/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres se… What was the nature of the torch carried by Ceres throughout her night of searching? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature, night · **What happens:** be, carry, search · **To what, where:** torch This is exam question 3 of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» 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/2071-pg976-part30/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:e3:1 # text = What was the nature of the torch carried by Ceres throughout her night of searching? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Ceres Cere PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 obl:agent _ _ 11 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 searching search VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the torch | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | participle | | the torch *not said here* | | | night | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **search** | gerund | her night *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | 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} It was made of pine and smelled sweet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:e3:o1:1 # text = It was made of pine and smelled sweet 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 smelled smell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | It | | | | of pine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **smell** | past | | | | | | sweet *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It was not extinguished by rain or wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:e3:o2:1 # text = It was not extinguished by rain or wind 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 extinguished extinguish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **extinguish** | past · passive | rain or wind | It | | | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It gave off a strong and steady light ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:e3:o3:1 # text = It gave off a strong and steady light 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 steady steady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give off** | past | It | a strong light | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source light=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It burned very brightly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:e3:o4:1 # text = It burned very brightly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | past | It | | | | | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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