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description: Identify the item which the late sovereign had tinned, and state the purpose assigned to the sale of his jewels. Exam question 3 of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 3 · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is…

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Identify the item which the late sovereign had tinned, and state the purpose assigned to the sale of his jewels.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, tin, assign · **To what, where:** item, late sovereign, state purpose, sale

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» 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/633-pg23661-part1/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:e3:1
# text = Identify the item which the late sovereign had tinned, and state the purpose assigned to the sale of his jewels.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	tinned	tin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
15	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the item |  |  |  | the state purpose *obl* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent item=Theme |
| 2 | **tin** | past · perfect · passive |  | the late sovereign |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **assign** | participle |  | the state purpose *not said here* |  |  |  | to the sale of his jewels *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to sale=Goal |

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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}

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The jewels, to buy food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:e3:o1:1
# text = The jewels, to buy food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	appos	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The coach, sold to fund a new palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:e3:o2:1
# text = The coach, sold to fund a new palace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fund	fund	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | participle |  | the coach *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fund** | to-infinitive |  | a new palace |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The crown, tinned over to hide its gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:e3:o3:1
# text = The crown, tinned over to hide its gold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	tinned	tin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tin over** | participle | the crown |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | the crown *not said here* | crown's gold |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crown, sold jewels to purchase books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:633-pg23661-part1:e3:o4:1
# text = The crown, sold jewels to purchase books
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **purchase** | to-infinitive |  | books |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset book=Theme |

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