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title: What quantity of silver did the master bestow upon Hans at parting? — Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothe… · tree and pragmatics
description: What quantity of silver did the master bestow upon Hans at parting? Exam question 4 of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…

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What quantity of silver did the master bestow upon Hans at parting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quantity · **What happens:** bestow · **To what, where:** parting

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» 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/726-pg2591-part2/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e4:1
# text = What quantity of silver did the master bestow upon Hans at parting?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	parting	parting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | past · do-support | what quantity of silver |  |  | parting |  | upon Hans | tree rules |

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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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A bag of coins as big as a hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e4:o1:1
# text = A bag of coins as big as a hat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A lump as large as his head, wrapped carefully in a pocket-handkerchief

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e4:o2:1
# text = A lump as large as his head, wrapped carefully in a pocket-handkerchief
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | participle |  | a lump *not said here* |  | a pocket handkerchief |  | carefully *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in handkerchief=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A lump as large as his head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e4:o3:1
# text = A lump as large as his head
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small lump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e4:o4:1
# text = A small lump
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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