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description: In the text, which magical action did the maiden perform to escape detection by the goblins on the second occasion? Exam question 1 of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» of the books course of 
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# Exam question 1 · pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runa…

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In the text, which magical action did the maiden perform to escape detection by the goblins on the second occasion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** escape · **To what, where:** detection, text

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» 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/1766-pg641-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e1:1
# text = In the text, which magical action did the maiden perform to escape detection by the goblins on the second occasion?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
6	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	perform	perform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	detection	detection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	goblins	goblin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	amod	_	_
21	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | past · do-support |  | detection |  | the text |  | by the goblins; on the second occasion | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme detection=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She turned into a fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = She turned into a fish
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | She |  |  |  |  | into a fish *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She transformed herself into a bird and hid them both behind the stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = She transformed herself into a bird and hid them both behind the stones
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	transformed	transform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	both	both	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past | She | herself *= she* |  |  |  | into a bird *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into bird=Result |
| 2 | **hide** | past | She *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the stones |  | both *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient behind stone=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She changed them both into a silver stream and a wild fox by the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = She changed them both into a silver stream and a wild fox by the wood
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | She | them *= they* |  | a silver stream and a wild fox |  | by the wood | tree rules |

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

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She transformed herself and her companion into a wild rose bush and a rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = She transformed herself and her companion into a wild rose bush and a rose
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	transformed	transform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past | She | herself *= she* |  |  |  | into a wild rose bush and a rose *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into bush=Result |

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