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title: Identify the magical transformation undertaken by the black girl and… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the magical transformation undertaken by the black girl and the Prince at the river, and state the form each adopted. Exam question 2 of lesson 1710 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of clouds, a duck, a vanishing church and a boar» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of c…

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Identify the magical transformation undertaken by the black girl and the Prince at the river, and state the form each adopted.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, undertake, state, adopt · **To what, where:** magical transformation, river, form, each · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1710 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of clouds, a duck, a vanishing church and a boar» 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/1710-pg640-part34/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e2:1
# text = Identify the magical transformation undertaken by the black girl and the Prince at the river, and state the form each adopted.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the magical transformation |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent transformation=Theme |
| 2 | **undertake** | participle |  | the magical transformation *not said here* |  | the river |  | by the black girl and the Prince | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | infinitive |  | the form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **adopt** | participle · passive |  | each |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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a pond and a duck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e2:o1:1
# text = a pond and a duck
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the girl became a pond, the Prince a duck, both hidden in the reeds

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e2:o2:1
# text = the girl became a pond, the Prince a duck, both hidden in the reeds
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the girl | a pond |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the girl became a pond, the Prince a duck, and the Fairy a hawk

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e2:o3:1
# text = the girl became a pond, the Prince a duck, and the Fairy a hawk
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the girl | a pond |  |  |  | the Fairy *obl* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the girl became a pond, the Prince a duck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e2:o4:1
# text = the girl became a pond, the Prince a duck
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the girl | a pond |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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