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description: Which event prevents the eldest and second daughters from completing their journey? Exam question 3 of lesson 1805 «pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56: a princess becomes a duck, and a girl rides off to serve as a son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

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Which event prevents the eldest and second daughters from completing their journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** event, daughters · **What happens:** prevent, complete, journey · **To what, where:** eldest, journey

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1805 «pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56: a princess becomes a duck, and a girl rides off to serve as a son» 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/1805-pg641-part56/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:e3:1
# text = Which event prevents the eldest and second daughters from completing their journey?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	completing	complete	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | which event | the eldest |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer eld=Theme |
| 2 | **complete** | gerund | which event *not said here* | daughters's journey |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality |
| 3 | **journey** |  | daughters *= daughter* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:e3:o1:1
# text = Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	encounter	encounter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encounter** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  | with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge | nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Their quarrel over who should ride the silver horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:e3:o2:1
# text = Their quarrel over who should ride the silver horse
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | should | Their quarrel | the silver horse |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 2 | **quarrel** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom quarrel «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their encounter with a magician who turned their horses into stone at the edge of the forest near the old mill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:e3:o3:1
# text = Their encounter with a magician who turned their horses into stone at the edge of the forest near the old mill
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	encounter	encounter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	near	near	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | Their encounter with a magician | their horses |  | stone |  | at the edge of the forest; near the old mill | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme into stone=Source at edge=Trajectory near mill=Destination |
| 2 | **encounter** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  | with a magician | nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge, where the wolf showed its teeth and frightened both sisters back home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:e3:o4:1
# text = Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge, where the wolf showed its teeth and frightened both sisters back home
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	encounter	encounter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
20	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
22	back	back	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
23	home	home	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge | wolf's teeth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient |
| 2 | **frighten back** | past | Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge *not said here* | both sisters |  |  |  | home *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sister=Experiencer |
| 3 | **encounter** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  | with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge | nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

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