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description: Which action did the Princess undertake immediately upon the spy's unconsciousness, and for what purpose? Exam question 1 of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» of the books course of Mova's pri
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

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Which action did the Princess undertake immediately upon the spy's unconsciousness, and for what purpose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** undertake

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» 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/1867-pg7277-part4/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e1:1
# text = Which action did the Princess undertake immediately upon the spy's unconsciousness, and for what purpose?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	unconsciousness	unconsciousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	parataxis	_	_
17	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  | upon the spy's unconsciousness; immediately *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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She opened the window in order to admit the Blue Bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e1:o1:1
# text = She opened the window in order to admit the Blue Bird
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | She | the window |  | order |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent window=Theme in order=Location |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the Blue Bird |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She rushed to the window and threw it wide open so the Blue Bird could fly in and warn her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e1:o2:1
# text = She rushed to the window and threw it wide open so the Blue Bird could fly in and warn her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | past | She |  |  |  |  | to the window *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to window=Result |
| 2 | **throw** | past | She *not said here* | window |  |  |  | open *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **fly in** | could | the Blue Bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | infinitive | the Blue Bird *not said here* |  | Bird |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She quietly unlatched the heavy iron window and waited, so that the Blue Bird could finally enter the tower room safely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e1:o3:1
# text = She quietly unlatched the heavy iron window and waited, so that the Blue Bird could finally enter the tower room safely
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	unlatched	unlatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	18	mark	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unlatch** | past | She | the heavy iron window |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient |
| 2 | **wait** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **enter** | could | the Blue Bird | the tower room |  |  |  | finally, safely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She closed the window to hide the Blue Bird from the spy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e1:o4:1
# text = She closed the window to hide the Blue Bird from the spy
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	closed	close	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | past | She | the window |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the Blue Bird |  | the spy |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bird=Patient from spy=Beneficiary |

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