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title: What was the function of the three feathers and the bottle of drops? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the function of the three feathers and the bottle of drops? Exam question 2 of lesson 1010 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magician's head, the swan, and the farewell» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magi…

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What was the function of the three feathers and the bottle of drops?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** function · **What happens:** be

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1010 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magician's head, the swan, and the farewell» 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/1010-pg27200-part221/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e2:1
# text = What was the function of the three feathers and the bottle of drops?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the function of the three feathers and the bottle of drops |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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They were to be placed in a bath with the princess to break the magician's power and free her from the swan shape completely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e2:o1:1
# text = They were to be placed in a bath with the princess to break the magician's power and free her from the swan shape completely
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
25	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past · passive |  | They |  | a bath with the princess |  | completely *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bath=Destination |
| 2 | **break** | to-infinitive |  | the magician's power |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer power=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were to be given to the princess to drink at dawn each day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e2:o2:1
# text = They were to be given to the princess to drink at dawn each day
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | They | the princess |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to princess=Recipient |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | dawn; day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were to be burned to call up the old swan spirit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e2:o3:1
# text = They were to be burned to call up the old swan spirit
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **call up** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | the old swan spirit |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They were to be placed in a bath to break the magician's power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e2:o4:1
# text = They were to be placed in a bath to break the magician's power
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past · passive |  | They |  | a bath |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bath=Destination |
| 2 | **break** | to-infinitive |  | the magician's power |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer power=Patient |

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