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title: Which of the following best describes the transformation of Prince P… — Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the transformation of Prince Peerless into a Cricket, as narrated in the passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1558 «Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begins: the Cricket and the Grasshopper reach the Golden Branch and are freed, and a stepmother
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begin…

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Which of the following best describes the transformation of Prince Peerless into a Cricket, as narrated in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, narrate, transform · **To what, where:** transformation, Cricket, passage, Prince

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1558 «Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begins: the Cricket and the Grasshopper reach the Golden Branch and are freed, and a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow» 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/1558-pg540-part55/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the transformation of Prince Peerless into a Cricket, as narrated in the passage?
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	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	Peerless	Peerless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	narrated	narrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 transformation of Prince |  | a Cricket |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **narrate** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **transform** |  |  | Prince |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He was turned into a Cricket by the Enchanter as a punishment and he could never return to his palace again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e1:o1:1
# text = He was turned into a Cricket by the Enchanter as a punishment and he could never return to his palace again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive | the Enchanter | He |  | a Cricket |  | as a punishment | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into cricket=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **return** | could | he |  |  |  | again | to his palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He chose to become a Cricket to escape his angry father's court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e1:o2:1
# text = He chose to become a Cricket to escape his angry father's court
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a Cricket |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **escape** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his angry father's court |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme court=Initial\_Location |

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

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He was turned into a Cricket by the Enchanter as a punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e1:o3:1
# text = He was turned into a Cricket by the Enchanter as a punishment
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive | the Enchanter | He |  | a Cricket |  | as a punishment | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into cricket=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was turned into a Cricket by the Enchanter as a punishment for his pride and greed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e1:o4:1
# text = He was turned into a Cricket by the Enchanter as a punishment for his pride and greed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive | the Enchanter | He |  | a Cricket |  | as a punishment; for his pride and greed | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into cricket=Trajectory |
| 2 | **pride** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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