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title: Which magical formula did the storks overhear the magicians pronounc… — Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which magical formula did the storks overhear the magicians pronounce, enabling their restoration to human form? Exam question 2 of lesson 1873 «Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story, the magic word, and the Caliph's new life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 2 · Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story,…

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Which magical formula did the storks overhear the magicians pronounce, enabling their restoration to human form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** magical formula, storks, magicians · **What happens:** do, overhear, pronounce, enable · **To what, where:** restoration

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1873 «Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story, the magic word, and the Caliph's new life» 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/1873-pg7277-part10/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e2:1
# text = Which magical formula did the storks overhear the magicians pronounce, enabling their restoration to human form?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	formula	formula	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	overhear	overhear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	magicians	magician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	enabling	enable	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	restoration	restoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | magical formula |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **overhear** | present | the storks |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pronounce** | present | the magicians |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **enable** | gerund | the magicians *not said here* | magicians's restoration |  |  |  | to human form | tree rules |

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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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The word "Abracadabra," an Arabic expression of some difficulty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e2:o1:1
# text = The word "Abracadabra," an Arabic expression of some difficulty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Abracadabra	Abracadabra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The word "Sesame," a Greek expression of some difficulty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e2:o2:1
# text = The word "Sesame," a Greek expression of some difficulty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Sesame	sesame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The word Mutabor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e2:o3:1
# text = The word Mutabor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Mutabor	Mutabor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

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

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The word "Mutabor," a Latin expression of considerable difficulty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e2:o4:1
# text = The word "Mutabor," a Latin expression of considerable difficulty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mutabor	Mutabor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

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