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description: Upon what object did the Lilac-fairy's chariot consist, from which the fairy derived her appellation? Exam question 1 of lesson 1094 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised…

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Upon what object did the Lilac-fairy's chariot consist, from which the fairy derived her appellation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** be, do, derive · **To what, where:** chariot, appellation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1094 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince» 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/1094-pg29021-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e1:1
# text = Upon what object did the Lilac-fairy's chariot consist, from which the fairy derived her appellation?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Lilac	Lilac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
11	consist	consist	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	derived	derive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	appellation	appellation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | object | the Lilac fairy's chariot |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chariot=Eventuality |
| 3 | **derive** | past |  | fairy's appellation |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent appellation=Result from which=Material |

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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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Branches, flowers and a canopy of silver moonlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = Branches, flowers and a canopy of silver moonlight
1	Branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	canopy	canopy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Branches and flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = Branches and flowers
1	Branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ivory and gold leaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = Ivory and gold leaf
1	Ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Branches and flowers woven together by the fairies of the frozen north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = Branches and flowers woven together by the fairies of the frozen north
1	Branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  | Branches and flowers *not said here* |  |  |  | by the fairies of the frozen north; together *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fairy=Trajectory |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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