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title: From which creature did the prince obtain the hair that enabled his… — Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: From which creature did the prince obtain the hair that enabled his transformation? Exam question 1 of lesson 1229 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-prince steals the sword, and the mermaid pulls him under the waves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-princ…

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From which creature did the prince obtain the hair that enabled his transformation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince, hair · **What happens:** do, obtain, enable, transform · **To what, where:** creature, hair, transformation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1229 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-prince steals the sword, and the mermaid pulls him under the waves» 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/1229-pg3282-part30/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e1:1
# text = From which creature did the prince obtain the hair that enabled his transformation?
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	enabled	enable	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | which creature |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **obtain** | present | the prince | the hair |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
| 3 | **enable** | past | the hair | prince's transformation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **transform** |  | prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event 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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A wasp that lived in the hollow oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e1:o1:1
# text = A wasp that lived in the hollow oak
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a wasp |  |  | the hollow oak |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in oak=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A moth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e1:o2:1
# text = A moth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A talking swallow from the palace roof garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e1:o3:1
# text = A talking swallow from the palace roof garden
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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A bee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e1:o4:1
# text = A bee
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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