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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begin…

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According to the passage, which of the following is the effect of a single leaf from the Golden Branch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage · **What happens:** accord, follow, be

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e2:1
# text = According to the passage, which of the following is the effect of a single leaf from the Golden Branch?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | the passage and the effect |  |  |  |  | of the effect; of a single leaf from the Golden Branch | tree rules |

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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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It turns metal into shining gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e2:o1:1
# text = It turns metal into shining gold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It | metal |  | shining gold |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent metal=Theme into gold=Trajectory |
| 2 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It makes the bearer rich for ever and cures any illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e2:o2:1
# text = It makes the bearer rich for ever and cures any illness
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cures	cure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the bearer |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bearer=Product |
| 2 | **cure** | present |  | any illness |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source |

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

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It makes the bearer rich for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e2:o3:1
# text = It makes the bearer rich for ever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the bearer |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bearer=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It makes the bearer rich for ever, but only if the Fairy approves of him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:e2:o4:1
# text = It makes the bearer rich for ever, but only if the Fairy approves of him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	approves	approve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the bearer |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bearer=Product |
| 2 | **approve** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the Fairy |  |  |  |  | of him *= he* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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