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description: Which of the following best describes the nature of the choice offered by the old fairy? Exam question 2 of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 2 · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following best describes the nature of the choice offered by the old fairy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, describe, offer · **To what, where:** nature, choice

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» 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/1556-pg540-part53/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e2:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the nature of the choice offered by the old fairy?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the nature of the choice |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **offer** | participle |  | the choice *not said here* |  |  |  | by the old fairy | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Goodness and wisdom, or beauty with vanity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e2:o1:1
# text = Goodness and wisdom, or beauty with vanity
1	Goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	vanity	vanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beauty or the throne, a simple pick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e2:o2:1
# text = Beauty or the throne, a simple pick
1	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pick	pick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay good and wise, or become beautiful but stay vain and foolish for the rest of her life

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e2:o3:1
# text = Stay good and wise, or become beautiful but stay vain and foolish for the rest of her life
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | beautiful *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **stay** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the rest of her life; vain *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A choice between being rich and famous across the land, or being plain but kind to everyone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e2:o4:1
# text = A choice between being rich and famous across the land, or being plain but kind to everyone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
14	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | a choice |  |  | the land |  | rich *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a choice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | gerund | a choice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | plain *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | a choice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to everyone | 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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