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title: State the reason the Queen travelled to visit her Fairy godmother in… — Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the reason the Queen travelled to visit her Fairy godmother in secret. Exam question 2 of lesson 1701 «Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1: a King turns into an eagle, steals a Princess and hides her in a magic palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1: a King turns into an…

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State the reason the Queen travelled to visit her Fairy godmother in secret.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State · **What happens:** travel, visit · **To what, where:** Fairy godmother, secret

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1701 «Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1: a King turns into an eagle, steals a Princess and hides her in a magic palace» 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/1701-pg640-part25/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:e2:1
# text = State the reason the Queen travelled to visit her Fairy godmother in secret.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | State  the reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | State  the reason *not said here* | State's Fairy godmother |  | secret |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent godmother=Co-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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the King was a magician and might disapprove of her seeing the Fairy at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:e2:o1:1
# text = the King was a magician and might disapprove of her seeing the Fairy at all
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	disapprove	disapprove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the King | a magician |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disapprove** | might | the King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **see** | gerund | the King *not said here* | the Fairy |  | all |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the King had banned all visits to her godmother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:e2:o2:1
# text = the King had banned all visits to her godmother
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · perfect · passive |  | the King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the court forbade all visits to fairies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:e2:o3:1
# text = the court forbade all visits to fairies
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forbade	forbid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past | the court | all visits |  |  |  | to fairies | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer visit=Theme |

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

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the King was a magician and might disapprove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1701-pg640-part25:e2:o4:1
# text = the King was a magician and might disapprove
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	disapprove	disapprove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the King | a magician |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disapprove** | might | the King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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