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title: Which transformation was denied to the sprite Puck by his own nature? — Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which transformation was denied to the sprite Puck by his own nature? Exam question 3 of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is fo…

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Which transformation was denied to the sprite Puck by his own nature?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** own nature · **What happens:** deny · **To what, where:** transformation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» 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/1291-pg3454-part16/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e3:1
# text = Which transformation was denied to the sprite Puck by his own nature?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	denied	deny	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sprite	sprite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	Puck	Puck	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deny** | past · passive | Puck's own nature | which transformation |  |  |  | to the sprite | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |

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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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The metamorphosis into a fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e3:o1:1
# text = The metamorphosis into a fly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	metamorphosis	metamorphosis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The transformation into a small animal of any kind that could creep through the window

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e3:o2:1
# text = The transformation into a small animal of any kind that could creep through the window
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	creep	creep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | could | any kind |  |  | the window |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The transformation into a needle, which he could not manage because of the eye

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e3:o3:1
# text = The transformation into a needle, which he could not manage because of the eye
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	manage	manage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **manage** | could | the transformation into a needle |  |  |  |  | because the eye | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The transformation into a needle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e3:o4:1
# text = The transformation into a needle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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