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title: Identify the means by which the palace was illuminated upon the trav… — Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the B… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the means by which the palace was illuminated upon the travellers' arrival. Exam question 1 of lesson 1439 «Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the enchanted palace, the gifts and the Prince's portrait» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 1 · Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the e…

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Identify the means by which the palace was illuminated upon the travellers' arrival.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, the, travellers · **What happens:** identify, mean, illuminate, arrive · **To what, where:** palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1439 «Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the enchanted palace, the gifts and the Prince's portrait» 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/1439-pg503-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:e1:1
# text = Identify the means by which the palace was illuminated upon the travellers' arrival.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **illuminate** | past · passive |  | the palace |  |  |  | upon the travellers's arrival | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 4 | **arrive** |  | the travellers |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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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Through a thousand lamps hung from the arches and the gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = Through a thousand lamps hung from the arches and the gates
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	arches	arch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | thousand lamps *not said here* |  | the arches and the gates |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Glowing windows shone from the upper floors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = Glowing windows shone from the upper floors
1	Glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shine** | participle |  | Glowing windows *not said here* |  | the upper floors |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Torches lined the long marble hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:e1:o3:1
# text = Torches lined the long marble hall
1	Torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lined	line	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line** | past | Torches | the long marble hall |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The palace was lit from roof to ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = The palace was lit from roof to ground
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	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	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | past · passive |  | the palace |  | roof |  | to ground | tree rules |

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