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title: Which quality of the seven-league boots permitted their adjustment t… — Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which quality of the seven-league boots permitted their adjustment to the wearer's limbs? Exam question 3 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks…

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Which quality of the seven-league boots permitted their adjustment to the wearer's limbs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quality, boots · **What happens:** permit, adjust · **To what, where:** adjustment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» 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/1469-pg503-part56/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e3:1
# text = Which quality of the seven-league boots permitted their adjustment to the wearer's limbs?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
9	permitted	permit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	adjustment	adjustment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wearer	wearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | past | which quality of the league boots | boots's adjustment |  |  |  | to the wearer's limbs | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adjustment=Theme |
| 2 | **adjust** |  | boots *= boot* |  |  |  |  |  | nom adjustment «event intransitive»: 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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Their enchanted ability to change their shape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e3:o1:1
# text = Their enchanted ability to change their shape
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **change** | to-infinitive |  | their shape |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Their supernatural capacity to alter their dimensions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e3:o2:1
# text = Their supernatural capacity to alter their dimensions
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	alter	alter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | to-infinitive |  | their dimensions |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dimension=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their magical power to resize for any wearer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e3:o3:1
# text = Their magical power to resize for any wearer
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	resize	resize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	wearer	wearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resize** | to-infinitive | Their magical power |  |  |  |  | for any wearer | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Their supernatural capacity to alter their dimensions for any wearer who puts them on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e3:o4:1
# text = Their supernatural capacity to alter their dimensions for any wearer who puts them on
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	alter	alter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	wearer	wearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | to-infinitive |  | their dimensions |  |  |  | for any wearer | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dimension=Patient |
| 2 | **put on** | present | any wearer | dimensions *= dimension* |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal |

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