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title: Which event in the passage leads directly to the Prince's transforma… — Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which event in the passage leads directly to the Prince's transformation into a dog? Exam question 1 of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…

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Which event in the passage leads directly to the Prince's transformation into a dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** event, Prince · **What happens:** lead, transform

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» 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/1479-pg503-part66/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e1:1
# text = Which event in the passage leads directly to the Prince's transformation into a dog?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present | which event in the passage |  |  |  |  | to the Prince's transformation; into a dog; directly *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to transformation=Patient |
| 2 | **transform** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event 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 {#o1}

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The Fairy's sudden arrival in the Prince's room after the loud thunder crash and the lightning flash

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e1:o1:1
# text = The Fairy's sudden arrival in the Prince's room after the loud thunder crash and the lightning flash
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | the Fairy |  |  | the Prince's room after the loud thunder crash and the lightning flash |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Queen's gift of bread to the hungry dog in her palace room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e1:o2:1
# text = The Queen's gift of bread to the hungry dog in her palace room
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gift** |  | the Queen | bread |  |  |  | to the hungry dog in dog's palace room | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient to=obl |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The people's cutting off of the four courtiers' heads in the public square at noon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e1:o3:1
# text = The people's cutting off of the four courtiers' heads in the public square at noon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | gerund | the people *not said here* | the four courtiers's heads |  | the public square | noon |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality |

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

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The keeper's rescue from the tiger, for which the Fairy rewards the monster

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1479-pg503-part66:e1:o4:1
# text = The keeper's rescue from the tiger, for which the Fairy rewards the monster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	rewards	reward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** |  | the keeper's rescue from the tiger and the Fairy rewards |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rescue** |  | the keeper |  |  |  |  | from the tiger | nom rescue «act transitive»: poss=agent from=obl |

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