--- title: Of what material had the original rope of the bell been constructed? — Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an o… · tree and pragmatics description: Of what material had the original rope of the bell been constructed? Exam question 2 of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/349-pg18442-part9/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/) / [Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/349-pg18442-part9/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra… Of what material had the original rope of the bell been constructed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material, original rope · **What happens:** have, construct · **To what, where:** original rope, bell This is exam question 2 of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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/349-pg18442-part9/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e2:1 # text = Of what material had the original rope of the bell been constructed? 1 Of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 constructed construct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | material | the original rope | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient | | 2 | **construct** | participle · passive | the original rope *not said here* | the bell | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | 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} Iron ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e2:o1:1 # text = Iron 1 Iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Braided silk fiber from the East ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e2:o2:1 # text = Braided silk fiber from the East 1 Braided braid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 2 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 fiber fiber NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **braid** | participle | | | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Hemp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e2:o3:1 # text = Hemp 1 Hemp hemp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Strong twisted cotton and linen threads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:e2:o4:1 # text = Strong twisted cotton and linen threads 1 Strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 twisted twisted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 threads thread NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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