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# Exam question 2 · Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy golds…

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Identify the action performed by the stepdaughter that results in her receiving the enchanted wreath from the doves.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, perform, receive, enchant · **To what, where:** action

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» 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/1153-pg3027-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:e2:1
# text = Identify the action performed by the stepdaughter that results in her receiving the enchanted wreath from the doves.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stepdaughter	stepdaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	det	_	_
9	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
12	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	wreath	wreath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 2 | **perform** | participle |  | the action *not said here* |  |  |  | by the stepdaughter | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **receive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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She feeds the doves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = She feeds the doves
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | She | the doves |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Recipient |

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

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She feeds the doves bread, freeing them from the axe handle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = She feeds the doves bread, freeing them from the axe handle
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	freeing	free	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | She | the doves bread |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
| 2 | **free** | gerund | She *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the axe handle |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer they=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She sings to the birds, and they follow her through the forest home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = She sings to the birds, and they follow her through the forest home
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | She |  | the birds |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to bird=Recipient |
| 2 | **follow** | present | birds *= bird* | her *= she* |  | the forest |  | home *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme through forest=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She saves the birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = She saves the birds
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present | She | the birds |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

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