--- title: What was the first substance the old woman observed when she lifted… — English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the first substance the old woman observed when she lifted the lid of the object? Exam question 1 of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» of the books course of Mova's prima --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/243-pg14241-part10/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 Hedley Kow: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/243-pg14241-part10/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's bl… What was the first substance the old woman observed when she lifted the lid of the object? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman, woman · **What happens:** be, observe, lift · **To what, where:** first substance, lid This is exam question 1 of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» 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/243-pg14241-part10/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e1:1 # text = What was the first substance the old woman observed when she lifted the lid of the object? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the first substance | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **observe** | past | the old woman | the first substance *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lift** | past | woman | the lid of the object | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme | 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} coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e1:o1:1 # text = coins 1 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} copper pieces ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e1:o2:1 # text = copper pieces 1 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} gold coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e1:o3:1 # text = gold coins 1 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e1:o4:1 # text = gold 1 gold gold 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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