--- title: Which object did the servant use to present the withered pomegranate… — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the servant use to present the withered pomegranate to Proserpina? Exam question 2 of lesson 2075 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpina eats a dry pomegranate and leaves Pluto's realm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2075-pg976-part34/e2/) [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/2075-pg976-part34/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpi… Which object did the servant use to present the withered pomegranate to Proserpina? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** use, present, wither · **To what, where:** withered pomegranate, Proserpina This is exam question 2 of lesson 2075 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpina eats a dry pomegranate and leaves Pluto's realm» 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/2075-pg976-part34/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e2:1 # text = Which object did the servant use to present the withered pomegranate to Proserpina? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 pomegranate pomegranate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Proserpina Proserpina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past · do-support | which object | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **present** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the withered pomegranate | Proserpina | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pomegranate=Theme to proserpina=Recipient | | 3 | **wither** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A golden salver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e2:o1:1 # text = A golden salver 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 salver salver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A plate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e2:o2:1 # text = A plate 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A carved bowl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e2:o3:1 # text = A carved bowl 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A silver platter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e2:o4:1 # text = A silver platter 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 platter platter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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