--- title: Which metal, as stated in the passage, constituted the composition o… — Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Which metal, as stated in the passage, constituted the composition of the shilling? Exam question 1 of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/e1/) [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 Shilling, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is ca… Which metal, as stated in the passage, constituted the composition of the shilling? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage · **What happens:** state, constitute · **To what, where:** metal, passage, composition This is exam question 1 of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» 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/975-pg27200-part186/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:e1:1 # text = Which metal, as stated in the passage, constituted the composition of the shilling? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 constituted constitute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 composition composition NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shilling shilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | | which metal *not said here* | | the passage | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **constitute** | participle | the passage *not said here* | the composition of the shilling | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme composition=Pivot | 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 precious white metal of very high value that was mined in distant lands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:e1:o1:1 # text = a precious white metal of very high value that was mined in distant lands 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 mined mine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mine** | past · passive | | high value | | distant lands | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in land=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} an alloy composed of copper and tin combined together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:e1:o2:1 # text = an alloy composed of copper and tin combined together 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 alloy alloy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 combined combine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | participle | | a alloy *not said here* | | | | of copper and tin | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **combine** | participle · passive | | a alloy | | | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} copper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:e1:o3:1 # text = copper 1 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:e1:o4:1 # text = silver 1 silver silver 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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