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title: Which material does the field-mouse prescribe for the garments in pr… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which material does the field-mouse prescribe for the garments in preparation for the marriage? Exam question 3 of lesson 883 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a frozen swallow while the field-mouse plans her wedding to the mole» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a…

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Which material does the field-mouse prescribe for the garments in preparation for the marriage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** prescribe · **To what, where:** preparation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 883 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a frozen swallow while the field-mouse plans her wedding to the mole» 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/883-pg27200-part94/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e3:1
# text = Which material does the field-mouse prescribe for the garments in preparation for the marriage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	prescribe	prescribe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prescribe** | present · do-support | which material |  |  | preparation |  | for the garments; for the marriage | 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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Woollen and linen fabrics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e3:o1:1
# text = Woollen and linen fabrics
1	Woollen	woollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	linen	linen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	fabrics	fabric	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both woollen and linen fabrics woven by spiders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e3:o2:1
# text = Both woollen and linen fabrics woven by spiders
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
2	woollen	woollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	linen	linen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	fabrics	fabric	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  | both woollen fabrics *not said here* |  |  |  | by spiders | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by spider=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cotton and leather goods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e3:o3:1
# text = Cotton and leather goods
1	Cotton	cotton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Woollen and linen fabrics dyed black

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e3:o4:1
# text = Woollen and linen fabrics dyed black
1	Woollen	woollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	linen	linen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	fabrics	fabric	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	dyed	dye	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dye** | participle |  | Woollen fabrics *not said here* |  |  |  | black *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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