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title: Identify the principal character of the passage who is revealed to b… — Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal character of the passage who is revealed to be of royal birth. Exam question 1 of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…

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Identify the principal character of the passage who is revealed to be of royal birth.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, reveal, be · **To what, where:** principal character, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» 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/1449-pg503-part36/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal character of the passage who is revealed to be of royal birth.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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* | the principal character of the passage |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme |
| 2 | **reveal** | present · passive |  | the passage |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of royal birth | tree rules |

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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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Prince Pink, who is the son of the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e1:o1:1
# text = Prince Pink, who is the son of the King
1	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Pink	Pink	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Prince Pink | the son |  |  |  | of the King | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Felicia, the foundling, who is the daughter of the Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e1:o2:1
# text = Felicia, the foundling, who is the daughter of the Queen
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	foundling	foundling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the foundling and the daughter | the daughter |  |  |  | of the Queen | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Felicia, the laborer's child, who is the niece of the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e1:o3:1
# text = Felicia, the laborer's child, who is the niece of the King
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	laborer	laborer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Felicia | the niece |  |  |  | of the King | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Queen, the mother of the Prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e1:o4:1
# text = The Queen, the mother of the Prince
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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