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title: Identify the figure who was responsible for the disruption of the he… — Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the figure who was responsible for the disruption of the herald's summons in the tale of Princess Mayblossom. Exam question 4 of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 4 · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer

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Identify the figure who was responsible for the disruption of the herald's summons in the tale of Princess Mayblossom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, figure, Princess · **What happens:** identify, be, disrupt, tell · **To what, where:** figure, summons · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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/1506-pg540-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e4:1
# text = Identify the figure who was responsible for the disruption of the herald's summons in the tale of Princess Mayblossom.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	disruption	disruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	herald	herald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	summons	summon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	Mayblossom	Mayblossom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the figure |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the figure |  |  |  |  | for the disruption of the herald's summons in the tale of Princess; responsible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **disrupt** |  |  | the herald's summons in the tale of Princess |  |  |  |  | nom disruption «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **tell** |  | Princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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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The Fairy Carabosse, who revealed herself as a witch and cursed the King long ago

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = The Fairy Carabosse, who revealed herself as a witch and cursed the King long ago
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Carabosse	Carabosse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | past | the Fairy Carabosse | Carabosse |  |  |  | as a witch | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent herself=Theme as witch=Attribute |
| 2 | **curse** | past | the Fairy Carabosse *not said here* | the King |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Fairy Carabosse, who cursed the royal nurse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = The Fairy Carabosse, who cursed the royal nurse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Carabosse	Carabosse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | the Fairy Carabosse | the royal nurse |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Fairy Carabosse, who revealed herself as a witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = The Fairy Carabosse, who revealed herself as a witch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Carabosse	Carabosse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | past | the Fairy Carabosse | Carabosse |  |  |  | as a witch | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent herself=Theme as witch=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The old Queen's cook, who was secretly a fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = The old Queen's cook, who was secretly a fairy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the old Queen's cook and a fairy | a fairy |  |  |  | secretly *property* | 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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