--- title: Which servant did the master's wife state was "worth all the rest pu… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics description: Which servant did the master's wife state was "worth all the rest put together"? Exam question 1 of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/241-pg14241-part8/e1/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/241-pg14241-part8/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid'… Which servant did the master's wife state was "worth all the rest put together"? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife state · **What happens:** servant, do, be, put together · **To what, where:** rest · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» 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/241-pg14241-part8/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e1:1 # text = Which servant did the master's wife state was "worth all the rest put together"? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 servant servant VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 15 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 together together ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **servant** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the master's wife state | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **put together** *in a quote* | participle | | all rest *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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 {#o1} the butler ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e1:o1:1 # text = the butler 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 butler butler NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the laundry-maid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e1:o2:1 # text = the laundry-maid 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 laundry laundry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} the master's wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e1:o3:1 # text = the master's wife 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the cook ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:e1:o4:1 # text = the cook 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook 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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