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title: Which of the following is the correct designation of the instrument… — Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dum… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is the correct designation of the instrument the dwarf bestowed upon the youngest prince? Exam question 1 of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks…

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Which of the following is the correct designation of the instrument the dwarf bestowed upon the youngest prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, be, bestow · **To what, where:** dwarf

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» 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/774-pg2591-part50/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e1:1
# text = Which of the following is the correct designation of the instrument the dwarf bestowed upon the youngest prince?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
14	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | follow the correct designation; of the instrument | tree rules |
| 3 | **bestow** | participle |  | the dwarf *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the youngest prince | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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an iron wand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e1:o1:1
# text = an iron wand
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a golden rod

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e1:o2:1
# text = a golden rod
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rod	rod	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 key

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e1:o3:1
# text = a key
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a rod

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e1:o4:1
# text = a rod
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rod	rod	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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