--- title: What substance did the prisoner employ as ink in the composition of… — Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charn… · tree and pragmatics description: What substance did the prisoner employ as ink in the composition of his petition? Exam question 2 of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/361-pg18442-part21/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/) / [Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/361-pg18442-part21/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved,… What substance did the prisoner employ as ink in the composition of his petition? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** do, petition · **To what, where:** prisoner employ, composition This is exam question 2 of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» 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/361-pg18442-part21/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e2:1 # text = What substance did the prisoner employ as ink in the composition of his petition? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 employ employ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ink ink NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 composition composition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | substance | the prisoner employ | | the composition of substance's petition | | as ink | tree rules | | 2 | **petition** | | substance | | | | | | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=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} wine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e2:o1:1 # text = wine 1 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} charcoal with milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e2:o2:1 # text = charcoal with milk 1 charcoal charcoal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} soot mixed with water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e2:o3:1 # text = soot mixed with water 1 soot soot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | participle | | soot *not said here* | | | | with water | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with water=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} berry juice in oil ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e2:o4:1 # text = berry juice in oil 1 berry berry NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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