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title: Which of the following did the father purchase at considerable expen… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following did the father purchase at considerable expense? Exam question 1 of lesson 769 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trades her golden dress for one night, but the prince sleeps through it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trad…

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Which of the following did the father purchase at considerable expense?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 769 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, part 45: Lily trades her golden dress for one night, but the prince sleeps through it» 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/769-pg2591-part45/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e1:1
# text = Which of the following did the father purchase at considerable expense?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	expense	expense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 painting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e1:o1:1
# text = a painting
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e1:o2:1
# text = a flower
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a costly jewel set in a golden frame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e1:o3:1
# text = a costly jewel set in a golden frame
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jewel	jewel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  | a costly jewel *not said here* |  | a golden frame |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in frame=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:769-pg2591-part45:e1:o4:1
# text = a ring
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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