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description: In what manner did the maiden's transformation into a water-lily become known to the Prince? Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince…

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In what manner did the maiden's transformation into a water-lily become known to the Prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maiden · **What happens:** do, become, know, transform · **To what, where:** transformation, manner, water lily

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the maiden's transformation into a water-lily become known to the Prince?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	lily	lily	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
14	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the maiden's transformation |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transformation=Eventuality |
| 2 | **become** | present |  |  |  | a water lily |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the Prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **transform** |  | the maiden |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event 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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From a bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e3:o1:1
# text = From a bird
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By a letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e3:o2:1
# text = By a letter
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By the song that issued from the flower, heard twice upon the bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e3:o3:1
# text = By the song that issued from the flower, heard twice upon the bridge
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	issued	issue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **issue** | past | the song |  |  | the flower |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | participle |  | the flower *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the bridge; twice *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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By the wind carrying a note from the far shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1455-pg503-part42:e3:o4:1
# text = By the wind carrying a note from the far shore
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund | the wind *not said here* | a note |  | the far shore |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent note=Theme from shore=Initial\_Location |

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