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title: In what manner did the sheep's wool and horns appear? — Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Mira… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the sheep's wool and horns appear? Exam question 4 of lesson 1464 «Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the King orders Miranda killed, and her faithful animals die for her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 4 · Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the Ki…

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In what manner did the sheep's wool and horns appear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wool · **What happens:** do, appear · **To what, where:** manner

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1464 «Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the King orders Miranda killed, and her faithful animals die for her» 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/1464-pg503-part51/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e4:1
# text = In what manner did the sheep's wool and horns appear?
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	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **appear** | present | the sheep's wool and horns |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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soft as silk, horns bent like iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e4:o1:1
# text = soft as silk, horns bent like iron
1	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | participle |  | soft horns *not said here* |  |  |  | like iron | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
white as snow, horns shining like gold and curled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e4:o2:1
# text = white as snow, horns shining like gold and curled
1	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	curled	curl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund | horns *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like gold | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **curl** | participle | horns *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
white as snow, horns shining like gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e4:o3:1
# text = white as snow, horns shining like gold
1	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund | white horns *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like gold | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
white as snow, horns dull as bronze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e4:o4:1
# text = white as snow, horns dull as bronze
1	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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

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