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description: Which character was entrusted by the fairies with the execution of their revenge against the Princess? Exam question 4 of lesson 1706 «Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is carried off, meets the Rainbow, and breaks a bottle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is c…

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Which character was entrusted by the fairies with the execution of their revenge against the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairies · **What happens:** entrust, execute, revenge · **To what, where:** character, revenge

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1706 «Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is carried off, meets the Rainbow, and breaks a bottle» 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/1706-pg640-part30/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:e4:1
# text = Which character was entrusted by the fairies with the execution of their revenge against the Princess?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	against	against	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entrust** | past · passive | the fairies | which character |  |  |  | with the execution of fairies's revenge against the Princess | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient with execution=Theme |
| 2 | **execute** |  |  | fairies's revenge against the Princess |  |  |  |  | nom execution «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **revenge** |  | fairies *= fairy* |  |  |  |  | against the Princess | nom revenge «act transitive»: poss=agent against=obl |

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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 eldest of the tribe, Lagree, who had lost most of her teeth and one eye

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:e4:o1:1
# text = The eldest of the tribe, Lagree, who had lost most of her teeth and one eye
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Lagree	Lagree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
12	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | the eldest tribe and one eye | most of Lagree's teeth |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:e4:o2:1
# text = The queen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The youngest of the tribe, Morwen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:e4:o3:1
# text = The youngest of the tribe, Morwen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Morwen	Morwen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The eldest of the tribe, Lagree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:e4:o4:1
# text = The eldest of the tribe, Lagree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Lagree	Lagree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

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