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title: What did the gentleman discover upon fitting the slipper? — Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla, part 10:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the gentleman discover upon fitting the slipper? Exam question 3 of lesson 1085 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla, part 10: a coachman, footmen and a slipper that fits» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla, part 10: a coachman, footmen…

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What did the gentleman discover upon fitting the slipper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gentleman · **What happens:** discover, fit · **To what, where:** slipper

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1085 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla, part 10: a coachman, footmen and a slipper that fits» 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/1085-pg29021-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e3:1
# text = What did the gentleman discover upon fitting the slipper?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	discover	discover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fitting	fit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | past · do-support | the gentleman |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **fit** | gerund | the gentleman *not said here* | the slipper |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slipper=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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it went on easily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = it went on easily
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | it |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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it went on easily, as if made of wax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = it went on easily, as if made of wax
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | it |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of wax | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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it fitted, as if made of glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = it fitted, as if made of glass
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fitted	fit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of glass | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it slid on, as if made of wax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = it slid on, as if made of wax
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of wax | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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