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description: In which manner does the narrative resolve the Soldier's transformation from his bestial appearance to his human form? Exam question 2 of lesson 113 «Grimm's Tales, Bearskin: the Soldier gets his human shape back and claims his bride, and Cinderella begins» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, Bearskin: the Soldier gets his human shape…

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In which manner does the narrative resolve the Soldier's transformation from his bestial appearance to his human form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** manner, you, Soldier · **What happens:** do, resolve, transform, form · **To what, where:** narrative, transformation, bestial appearance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 113 «Grimm's Tales, Bearskin: the Soldier gets his human shape back and claims his bride, and Cinderella begins» 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/113-pg11027-part16/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:113-pg11027-part16:e2:1
# text = In which manner does the narrative resolve the Soldier's transformation from his bestial appearance to his human form?
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	resolve	resolve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	bestial	bestial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which manner | the narrative |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrative=Eventuality |
| 2 | **resolve** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Soldier's transformation |  | manner's bestial appearance |  | to manner's human form | tree rules |
| 3 | **transform** |  | the Soldier |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **form** |  | manner |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming, and then a ring that reveals his true identity to all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:113-pg11027-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming, and then a ring that reveals his true identity to all
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Evil	Evil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	One	One	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grooming	grooming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	reveals	reveal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | present | a ring | his true identity | all |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent identity=Topic to all=Recipient |
| 2 | **cleanse** |  | the Evil One |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming of the Soldier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:113-pg11027-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming of the Soldier
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Evil	Evil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	One	One	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grooming	grooming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cleanse** |  | the Evil One |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 2 | **groom** |  |  | the Soldier |  |  |  |  | nom grooming «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming of the Soldier, who then wed the bride in a grand feast

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:113-pg11027-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = through the Evil One's cleansing and grooming of the Soldier, who then wed the bride in a grand feast
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Evil	Evil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	One	One	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grooming	grooming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	wed	w	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **w** | past |  | the bride |  | the Evil One's cleansing of the Soldier and grooming | then | in a grand feast | tree rules |
| 2 | **cleanse** |  | the Evil One | the Soldier |  |  |  |  | nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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through a long wandering and a final washing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:113-pg11027-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = through a long wandering and a final washing
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wandering	wandering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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