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title: Which of the following describes the Queen's transformation of Bruno… — White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the Queen's transformation of Bruno's cottage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 1 · White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace…

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Which of the following describes the Queen's transformation of Bruno's cottage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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/1450-pg503-part37/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the Queen's transformation of Bruno's cottage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the Queen's transformation; of Bruno's cottage | 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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Bruno's cottage was magically enlarged into a splendid palace filled with gold, silver and jewels, though the stools and straw bed remained behind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e1:o1:1
# text = Bruno's cottage was magically enlarged into a splendid palace filled with gold, silver and jewels, though the stools and straw bed remained behind
1	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	magically	magically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	enlarged	enlarge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
19	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	stools	stool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
25	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
26	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enlarge** | past · passive |  | Bruno's cottage |  | a splendid palace |  | magically *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **fill** | participle |  | a splendid palace *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold and silver and jewels | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gold=Instrument |
| 3 | **remain** | participle | the stools and straw bed |  |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She turned the whole cottage into a palace, keeping the stools, the straw bed and the old fireplace for warmth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e1:o2:1
# text = She turned the whole cottage into a palace, keeping the stools, the straw bed and the old fireplace for warmth
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stools	stool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | She | the whole cottage |  | a palace |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme into palace=Trajectory |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund | She *not said here* | the stools and the straw bed and the old fireplace |  |  |  | for warmth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stool=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She turned the cottage into a castle, keeping the stools and straw bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e1:o3:1
# text = She turned the cottage into a castle, keeping the stools and straw bed
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stools	stool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | She | the cottage |  | a castle |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme into castle=Trajectory |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund | She *not said here* | the stools and straw bed |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stool=Theme |

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

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She turned the cottage into a palace, retaining only the stools and straw bed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1450-pg503-part37:e1:o4:1
# text = She turned the cottage into a palace, retaining only the stools and straw bed
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	retaining	retain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stools	stool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | She | the cottage |  | a palace |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme into palace=Trajectory |
| 2 | **retain** | gerund | She *not said here* | the stools and straw bed |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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