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title: In what manner did the Pig effect his transformation so as to enter… — tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the Pig effect his transformation so as to enter the dwelling without disturbing the ladder? Exam question 3 of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 3 · tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Prince…

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In what manner did the Pig effect his transformation so as to enter the dwelling without disturbing the ladder?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner · **What happens:** do, enter, disturb, transform · **To what, where:** Pig effect, dwelling, ladder

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» 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/1530-pg540-part27/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the Pig effect his transformation so as to enter the dwelling without disturbing the ladder?
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	enter	enter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	disturbing	disturb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what manner | the Pig effect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive |  | the dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dwelling=Destination |
| 3 | **disturb** | gerund |  | the ladder |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ladder=Experiencer |
| 4 | **transform** |  | manner |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He turned into a sparrow and flew in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = He turned into a sparrow and flew in
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | He |  |  | a sparrow |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sparrow=Trajectory |
| 2 | **fly in** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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He became a dove and flew into the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = He became a dove and flew into the room
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | He | a dove |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **fly** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the room *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into room=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He shrank down and crept beneath the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = He shrank down and crept beneath the door
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shrank	shrink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink down** | past | He |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **creep** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the door |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath door=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He became a dove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = He became a dove
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | He | a dove |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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