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description: What was the nature of the fairy Ragotte's punishment upon the prince, as declared by her own words? Exam question 3 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 sch
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leave…

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What was the nature of the fairy Ragotte's punishment upon the prince, as declared by her own words?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ragotte · **What happens:** be, declare, word · **To what, where:** fairy punishment

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e3:1
# text = What was the nature of the fairy Ragotte's punishment upon the prince, as declared by her own words?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
8	Ragotte	Ragotte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	parataxis	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Ragotte's fairy punishment |  |  |  | upon the prince | tree rules |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by Ragotte's own words | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **word** |  | Ragotte |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «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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He was to be a sheep for seven years, and servant of the cruel witch

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e3:o1:1
# text = He was to be a sheep for seven years, and servant of the cruel witch
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a sheep and servant of the cruel witch |  |  | year |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He would be banished from the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e3:o2:1
# text = He would be banished from the land
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	banished	banish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **banish** | would · passive |  | He |  | the land |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from land=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was to be a sheep forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e3:o3:1
# text = He was to be a sheep forever
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a sheep |  |  |  | forever *property* | tree rules |

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

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He was to be a sheep for five years, and lord of the pleasant land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e3:o4:1
# text = He was to be a sheep for five years, and lord of the pleasant land
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a sheep and lord of the pleasant land |  |  | year |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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