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description: Upon what grounds did the Prince resolve to restore the maiden to her original form? Exam question 2 of lesson 1455 «Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 2 · Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince…

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Upon what grounds did the Prince resolve to restore the maiden to her original form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** her · **What happens:** ground, do, restore, form · **To what, where:** Prince resolve, maiden, original form

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1455 «Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab» 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/1455-pg503-part42/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds did the Prince resolve to restore the maiden to her original form?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	resolve	resolve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the Prince resolve |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resolve=Eventuality |
| 3 | **restore** | to-infinitive |  | the maiden | her original form |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme to form=Recipient |
| 4 | **form** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: 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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Fearing that his life would be empty without her, he chose the danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e2:o1:1
# text = Fearing that his life would be empty without her, he chose the danger
1	Fearing	fear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | would | his life |  |  |  |  | without her *= she*; empty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **choose** | past | he | the danger |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Death being preferable to unending sorrow, he resolved to act

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e2:o2:1
# text = Death being preferable to unending sorrow, he resolved to act
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
3	preferable	preferable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	unending	unending	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | Death |  |  |  |  | to unending sorrow; preferable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **resolve** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **act** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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For love alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e2:o3:1
# text = For love alone
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He wanted to die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e2:o4:1
# text = He wanted to die
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **die** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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