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title: What did the king command to be removed from the duck in order to re… — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the king command to be removed from the duck in order to restore Maiden Bright-eye's human form? Exam question 3 of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…

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What did the king command to be removed from the duck in order to restore Maiden Bright-eye's human form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, remove, restore · **To what, where:** king command, eye human form

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» 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/1663-pg5615-part52/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e3:1
# text = What did the king command to be removed from the duck in order to restore Maiden Bright-eye's human form?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
13	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	fixed	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
16	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
17	Bright	Bright	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the king command |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Eventuality |
| 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | from the duck | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: from duck=Source |
| 3 | **restore** | to-infinitive |  | eye human form |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent form=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The entire upper half of the beak and the tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e3:o1:1
# text = The entire upper half of the beak and the tongue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All of the golden feathers from its back and wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e3:o2:1
# text = All of the golden feathers from its back and wings
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The tip of the tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e3:o3:1
# text = The tip of the tail
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The point of the beak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e3:o4:1
# text = The point of the beak
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** |  |  | the beak |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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