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description: According to the narrative, what was the principal reason for the Princess's willingness to enter the cavern? Exam question 2 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo
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# Exam question 2 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Mira…

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According to the narrative, what was the principal reason for the Princess's willingness to enter the cavern?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrative · **What happens:** accord, be, enter · **To what, where:** principal reason, cavern

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» 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/1465-pg503-part52/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e2:1
# text = According to the narrative, what was the principal reason for the Princess's willingness to enter the cavern?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	willingness	willingness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	cavern	cavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the narrative | the principal reason |  |  |  | for the Princess's willingness | tree rules |
| 3 | **enter** | to-infinitive |  | the cavern |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cavern=Destination |

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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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Her fear of what might be behind her and her hope of finding a kind fairy inside

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e2:o1:1
# text = Her fear of what might be behind her and her hope of finding a kind fairy inside
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nmod	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might |  |  |  |  |  | behind her *= she* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | gerund | her hope *not said here* | a kind fairy |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Topic |
| 3 | **fear** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **hope** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Her growing fear of the King's anger and her wish to see the fairies dance

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e2:o2:1
# text = Her growing fear of the King's anger and her wish to see the fairies dance
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Her growing fear of the King's anger and her wish *not said here* | the fairies |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus |
| 3 | **dance** | present | Her growing fear of the King's anger and her wish |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **fear** |  | Her *= she* | the King's anger |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 5 | **anger** |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **wish** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her love for the Sheep King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e2:o3:1
# text = Her love for the Sheep King
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Sheep	Sheep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  | for the Sheep King | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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

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Her fear of what might be behind her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e2:o4:1
# text = Her fear of what might be behind her
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	appos	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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