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title: Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which… — The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the bird restored the sovereign's health? Exam question 1 of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 1 · The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prin…

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Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the bird restored the sovereign's health?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** follow, describe, restore · **To what, where:** manner, health

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» 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/1689-pg640-part13/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the bird restored the sovereign's health?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 manner |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 3 | **restore** | past | the bird | the sovereign's health |  | the manner |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent health=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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By fixing the monarch with a steady gaze, which slowly brought back his strength

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:e1:o1:1
# text = By fixing the monarch with a steady gaze, which slowly brought back his strength
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fixing	fix	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	gaze	gaze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | gerund |  | the monarch |  |  |  | with a steady gaze | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent monarch=Patient with gaze=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **bring back** | past |  | a steady gaze |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Destination strength=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Through a constant stare upon the sovereign, whereupon his health slowly returned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:e1:o2:1
# text = Through a constant stare upon the sovereign, whereupon his health slowly returned
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	constant	constant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stare	stare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | his health |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By steadily gazing upon the King from the windowsill while the fairies sang a healing song over the entire palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:e1:o3:1
# text = By steadily gazing upon the King from the windowsill while the fairies sang a healing song over the entire palace
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	steadily	steadily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	gazing	gaze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | gerund | the fairies *not said here* |  |  | the windowsill |  | upon the King; steadily *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon king=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the fairies | a healing song |  | the entire palace |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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

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By steadily gazing upon the King, whereupon his strength was progressively restored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:e1:o4:1
# text = By steadily gazing upon the King, whereupon his strength was progressively restored
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	steadily	steadily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	gazing	gaze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	progressively	progressively	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon the King; steadily *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon king=Theme |
| 2 | **restore** | past · passive |  | King's strength |  |  |  | progressively, whereupon *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

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