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description: Which appearance does the Fairy of the Desert adopt upon her first encounter with the King? Exam question 1 of lesson 1424 «Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries the King away, and a mermaid offers to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 1 · Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries…

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Which appearance does the Fairy of the Desert adopt upon her first encounter with the King?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** appearance, Fairy · **What happens:** do, adopt, encounter · **To what, where:** Fairy

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1424 «Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries the King away, and a mermaid offers to save him» 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/1424-pg503-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e1:1
# text = Which appearance does the Fairy of the Desert adopt upon her first encounter with the King?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Desert	Desert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
9	adopt	adopt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	encounter	encounter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which appearance | the Fairy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Eventuality |
| 2 | **adopt** | present | the Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the Desert; upon appearance's first encounter with the King | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **encounter** |  | appearance |  |  |  |  | with the King | nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

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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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A tall and stern old woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = A tall and stern old woman
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A young and beautiful fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = A young and beautiful fairy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A pale, sickly wandering maiden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = A pale, sickly wandering maiden
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sickly	sickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | maiden *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A radiant goddess of the sea and the stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1424-pg503-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = A radiant goddess of the sea and the stars
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	radiant	radiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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