--- title: What object was discovered in the roots of the old tree? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose,… · tree and pragmatics description: What object was discovered in the roots of the old tree? Exam question 4 of lesson 773 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a stick and a horse free the maiden, then Dummling's goose gathers a crowd» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/773-pg2591-part49/e4/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/773-pg2591-part49/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a… What object was discovered in the roots of the old tree? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** discover · **To what, where:** roots This is exam question 4 of lesson 773 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a stick and a horse free the maiden, then Dummling's goose gathers a crowd» 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/773-pg2591-part49/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:e4:1 # text = What object was discovered in the roots of the old tree? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past · passive | | | | the roots of the old tree | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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} A cow with silver horns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:e4:o1:1 # text = A cow with silver horns 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A bird with golden eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:e4:o2:1 # text = A bird with golden eggs 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A goose with golden feathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:e4:o3:1 # text = A goose with golden feathers 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A golden goose with silver wings and feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:e4:o4:1 # text = A golden goose with silver wings and feet 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` 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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