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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leave…

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In what manner did the Princess Miranda conduct herself upon arriving at her father's palace for the first wedding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess Miranda · **What happens:** conduct, arrive · **To what, where:** Miranda, manner, palace

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» 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/1466-pg503-part53/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the Princess Miranda conduct herself upon arriving at her father's palace for the first wedding?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Miranda	Miranda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	20	amod	_	_
20	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | past · do-support | the Princess Miranda | Miranda |  | what manner |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in manner=Destination |
| 2 | **arrive** | gerund | the Princess Miranda *not said here* |  |  | Miranda's father's palace |  | for the first wedding | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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She arrived splendidly attired in her mother-of-pearl chariot and was admired by all for her beauty, jewels, and the shadows that followed her into the hall

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e2:o1:1
# text = She arrived splendidly attired in her mother-of-pearl chariot and was admired by all for her beauty, jewels, and the shadows that followed her into the hall
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	splendidly	splendidly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	attired	attire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	admired	admire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	nsubj	_	_
28	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
29	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	into	into	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attire** | past · passive |  | She |  | pearl chariot |  | splendidly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **admire** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | by all; for mother's beauty and jewels | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for beauty=Attribute |
| 3 | **follow** | past | the shadows | mother |  | the hall |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme into hall=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She entered wearing simple robes and was ignored by most of the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e2:o2:1
# text = She entered wearing simple robes and was ignored by most of the court
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | She *not said here* | simple robes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme |
| 3 | **ignore** | past · passive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by most of the court | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She came dressed in a plain gown and was pitied by the guests for her grief

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e2:o3:1
# text = She came dressed in a plain gown and was pitied by the guests for her grief
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	pitied	pity	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | past · passive |  | She |  | a plain gown |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **pity** | past · passive | the guests |  |  |  |  | for her grief | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for grief=Attribute |

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

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She arrived splendidly attired and was admired by all for her beauty and jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e2:o4:1
# text = She arrived splendidly attired and was admired by all for her beauty and jewels
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	splendidly	splendidly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	attired	attire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	admired	admire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attire** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | splendidly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **admire** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | by all; for her beauty and jewels | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for beauty=Attribute |

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