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# Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 14: Saphir get…

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In what manner did Prince Saphir ultimately secure the object of his quest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** do, secure, quest · **To what, where:** manner, object

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1690 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 14: Saphir gets the bird's branch, then finds a maiden and a palace where the fountain was» 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/1690-pg640-part14/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:e1:1
# text = In what manner did Prince Saphir ultimately secure the object of his quest?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	secure	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	quest	quest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **secure** | past | Prince | the object of Prince's quest |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition object=Theme |
| 3 | **quest** |  | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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By purchasing the bird from the lord of the castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:e1:o1:1
# text = By purchasing the bird from the lord of the castle
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	purchasing	purchase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | gerund |  | the bird |  |  |  | from the lord of the castle | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bird=Theme from lord=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By capturing the bird within his painted nets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:e1:o2:1
# text = By capturing the bird within his painted nets
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	capturing	capture	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	nets	net	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** | gerund |  | the bird |  |  |  | within bird's painted nets | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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By severing the branch upon which the bird was perched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:e1:o3:1
# text = By severing the branch upon which the bird was perched
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	severing	sever	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sever** | gerund |  | the branch |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme |
| 2 | **perch** | past · passive |  | the bird |  |  |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon which=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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By following the Frog into the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:e1:o4:1
# text = By following the Frog into the water
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | the Frog |  | the water |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent frog=Theme into water=Trajectory |

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