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description: What reason did the nurse give for persuading the Princess to conduct herself amiably? Exam question 2 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duc…

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What reason did the nurse give for persuading the Princess to conduct herself amiably?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason, nurse · **What happens:** do, give, persuade, conduct · **To what, where:** Princess

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» 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/1541-pg540-part38/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e2:1
# text = What reason did the nurse give for persuading the Princess to conduct herself amiably?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	persuading	persuade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obj	_	_
14	amiably	amiably	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the nurse |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **persuade** | gerund | the nurse *not said here* | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
| 4 | **conduct** | to-infinitive | the nurse *not said here* | Princess |  |  |  | amiably *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme |

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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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so the court would like her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e2:o1:1
# text = so the court would like her
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | would | the court | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that she was a Princess and must set a good example to all the court and her subjects

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e2:o2:1
# text = that she was a Princess and must set a good example to all the court and her subjects
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a Princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | must | a Princess | a good example |  |  |  | to all court and Princess's subjects | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient example=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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that the court watched her and she must behave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e2:o3:1
# text = that the court watched her and she must behave
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	behave	behave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the court | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **behave** | must | court |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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that she was a Princess and must set a good example

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e2:o4:1
# text = that she was a Princess and must set a good example
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a Princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | must | she *not said here* | a good example |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient example=Result |

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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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