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# Exam question 1 · pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his…

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In the given passage, state which magical transformation the gnome performs upon the brook-side lawn, and identify the purpose for which he performs it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** given passage, gnome · **What happens:** give, transformation, perform, identify · **To what, where:** given passage, purpose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1250 «pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his guest underground, and she gets her playmate back with a turnip» 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/1250-pg3282-part51/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:e1:1
# text = In the given passage, state which magical transformation the gnome performs upon the brook-side lawn, and identify the purpose for which he performs it.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gnome	gnome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	performs	perform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	obl	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	performs	perform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **transformation** |  | the given passage and state and magical transformation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **perform** | present | the gnome |  |  | the given passage and state and magical transformation |  | upon the side lawn | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **identify** | infinitive | the gnome *not said here* | the purpose |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 5 | **perform** | present | gnome | purpose |  |  |  | for the purpose | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for which=Beneficiary |

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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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He makes the lawn green, so the maidens can rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:e1:o1:1
# text = He makes the lawn green, so the maidens can rest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	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	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | He | the lawn |  |  |  | green *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Product |
| 2 | **rest** | can | the maidens |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He transforms the red rocks into white marble and alabaster, in order to lure the king's hunting party into a trap

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:e1:o2:1
# text = He transforms the red rocks into white marble and alabaster, in order to lure the king's hunting party into a trap
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	transforms	transform	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	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	alabaster	alabaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
13	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	fixed	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	lure	lure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
21	into	into	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | present | He | the red rocks |  |  |  | into white marble and alabaster *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent rock=Patient into marble=Result |
| 2 | **lure** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the king's hunting party |  |  |  | into a trap *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent party=Patient into trap=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He turns the rocks into gold, to dazzle the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:e1:o3:1
# text = He turns the rocks into gold, to dazzle the king
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	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	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	dazzle	dazzle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | He | the rocks |  | gold |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rock=Theme into gold=Trajectory |
| 2 | **dazzle** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the king |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer |

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

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He transforms the red rocks into white marble and alabaster, in order to make an enchanted bower for the maidens

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:e1:o4:1
# text = He transforms the red rocks into white marble and alabaster, in order to make an enchanted bower for the maidens
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	transforms	transform	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	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	alabaster	alabaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
13	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	fixed	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	bower	bower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | present | He | the red rocks |  |  |  | into white marble and alabaster *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent rock=Patient into marble=Result |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a enchanted bower |  |  |  | for the maidens | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent bower=Product for maiden=Asset |
| 3 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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