--- title: In which receptacle did George deposit his earnings prior to purchas… — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: In which receptacle did George deposit his earnings prior to purchasing materials for painting? Exam question 3 of lesson 943 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 1: a singing-bird dies, and a porter's boy saves a nursery from fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/943-pg27200-part154/e3/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/943-pg27200-part154/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 1: a singing-bird… In which receptacle did George deposit his earnings prior to purchasing materials for painting? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George · **What happens:** deposit, purchase · **To what, where:** earnings, receptacle, materials This is exam question 3 of lesson 943 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 1: a singing-bird dies, and a porter's boy saves a nursery from fire» 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/943-pg27200-part154/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e3:1 # text = In which receptacle did George deposit his earnings prior to purchasing materials for painting? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 receptacle receptacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 deposit deposit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 earnings earning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 11 mark _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 purchasing purchase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 materials material NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 painting painting NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deposit** | past · do-support | George | George's earnings | | which receptacle | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent earning=Theme in receptacle=Destination | | 2 | **purchase** | gerund | George *not said here* | materials | | | | for painting | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent material=Theme for painting=Asset | 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} the box ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e3:o1:1 # text = the box 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the money tin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e3:o2:1 # text = the money tin 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the savings-box ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e3:o3:1 # text = the savings-box 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the piggy bank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e3:o4:1 # text = the piggy bank 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 piggy piggy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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