--- title: Which object did the princess transform into a magpie in order to se… — Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the princess transform into a magpie in order to send a message to Prince Ratibor? Exam question 1 of lesson 1252 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the princess tricks the gnome and escapes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1252-pg3282-part53/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1252-pg3282-part53/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the… Which object did the princess transform into a magpie in order to send a message to Prince Ratibor? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, send · **To what, where:** princess transform, message, Ratibor This is exam question 1 of lesson 1252 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the princess tricks the gnome and escapes» 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/1252-pg3282-part53/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e1:1 # text = Which object did the princess transform into a magpie in order to send a message to Prince Ratibor? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 transform transform NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 magpie magpie NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 13 mark _ _ 11 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 fixed _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:desc _ _ 18 Ratibor Ratibor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the princess transform | | | | into a magpie | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transform=Eventuality | | 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | a message | Ratibor Prince | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to ratibor=Destination | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the turnip ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e1:o1:1 # text = the turnip 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 turnip turnip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the golden turnip from the meadow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e1:o2:1 # text = the golden turnip from the meadow 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 turnip turnip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a small turnip from the garden field ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e1:o3:1 # text = a small turnip from the garden field 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 turnip turnip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the pumpkin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e1:o4:1 # text = the pumpkin 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pumpkin pumpkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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