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title: Which phrase is inscribed upon the girdle of the tailor? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase is inscribed upon the girdle of the tailor? Exam question 1 of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the…

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Which phrase is inscribed upon the girdle of the tailor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** inscribe · **To what, where:** phrase, girdle

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» 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/741-pg2591-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e1:1
# text = Which phrase is inscribed upon the girdle of the tailor?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girdle	girdle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inscribe** | present · passive |  | which phrase |  | the girdle of the tailor |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon girdle=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Seven at one stroke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = Seven at one stroke
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Seven flies and seven giants struck down with one mighty blow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = Seven flies and seven giants struck down with one mighty blow
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike down** | participle |  | Seven flies and seven giants *not said here* |  |  |  | with one mighty blow | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with blow=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seven struck in one blow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = Seven struck in one blow
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | participle |  |  |  | one blow |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in blow=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Seven blows in one stroke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = Seven blows in one stroke
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | Seven |  |  | one stroke |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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