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description: What, according to the Sheep's own account, caused his transformation into his present form? Exam question 4 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, with the depen
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# Exam question 4 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Mira…

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What, according to the Sheep's own account, caused his transformation into his present form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** own account, Sheep, account · **What happens:** accord, cause, account, transform, form · **To what, where:** transformation, present form

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e4:1
# text = What, according to the Sheep's own account, caused his transformation into his present form?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sheep	Sheep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	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 | **cause** | past | the Sheep's own account | account's transformation |  | account's present form |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer what=Theme transformation=Eventuality |
| 3 | **account** |  | the Sheep |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **transform** |  | account |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **form** |  | account |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A wizard's potion after the stag chase

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e4:o1:1
# text = A wizard's potion after the stag chase
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A witch's curse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e4:o2:1
# text = A witch's curse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** |  | a witch |  |  |  |  |  | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fairy's spell after he fell in a pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e4:o3:1
# text = A fairy's spell after he fell in a pool
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | a fairy's spell |  |  | a pool |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pool=Location |
| 2 | **spell** |  | a fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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A fairy's enchantment after he fell into a fiery pit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e4:o4:1
# text = A fairy's enchantment after he fell into a fiery pit
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | a fairy's enchantment |  |  |  |  | into a fiery pit *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into pit=Result |
| 2 | **enchant** |  | a fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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