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title: Account for the failure of the fairy's final attempt upon Felicia. — Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Account for the failure of the fairy's final attempt upon Felicia. Exam question 3 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 the question and of
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# Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…

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Account for the failure of the fairy's final attempt upon Felicia.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** final attempt, fairy · **What happens:** fail, attempt

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e3:1
# text = Account for the failure of the fairy's final attempt upon Felicia.
1	Account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** |  | the fairy's final attempt upon Felicia |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 2 | **attempt** |  | the fairy |  |  |  |  | upon Felicia | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The rats were unable to frighten Felicia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e3:o1:1
# text = The rats were unable to frighten Felicia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	frighten	frighten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the rats |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **frighten** | to-infinitive | the rats *not said here* | Felicia |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus felicia=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The zephyrs carried her away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e3:o2:1
# text = The zephyrs carried her away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	zephyrs	zephyr	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry away** | past | the zephyrs | her *= she* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The King stopped her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e3:o3:1
# text = The King stopped her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | the King | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The fairy lacked magic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e3:o4:1
# text = The fairy lacked magic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lacked	lack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | past | the fairy | magic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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