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description: Upon what grounds did the Fairy Mazilla condemn the Blue Bird to his avian form? Exam question 2 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, with the dep
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

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Upon what grounds did the Fairy Mazilla condemn the Blue Bird to his avian form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bird · **What happens:** ground, do, condemn, form · **To what, where:** Fairy Mazilla, Blue Bird

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds did the Fairy Mazilla condemn the Blue Bird to his avian form?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Mazilla	Mazilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	condemn	condemn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	avian	avian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the Fairy Mazilla |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mazilla=Eventuality |
| 3 | **condemn** | present |  | the Blue Bird |  |  |  | to Bird's avian form | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
| 4 | **form** |  | Bird |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication 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 {#o1}

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For stealing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e2:o1:1
# text = For stealing
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	stealing	stealing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Upon his refusal to wed Turritella

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e2:o2:1
# text = Upon his refusal to wed Turritella
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** | to-infinitive |  | Turritella |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turritella=Patient |
| 2 | **refuse** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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For his lies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e2:o3:1
# text = For his lies
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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For his refusal to wed Fiordelisa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:e2:o4:1
# text = For his refusal to wed Fiordelisa
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** | to-infinitive | his refusal | Fiordelisa |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiordelisa=Patient |
| 2 | **refuse** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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