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title: In what manner did the storks prepare to pronounce the restorative w… — Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the storks prepare to pronounce the restorative word before their transformation was reversed? Exam question 3 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 t
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# Exam question 3 · Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story,…

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In what manner did the storks prepare to pronounce the restorative word before their transformation was reversed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** storks · **What happens:** do, prepare, pronounce, reverse, transform · **To what, where:** manner, restorative word, transformation

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the storks prepare to pronounce the restorative word before their transformation was reversed?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|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	prepare	prepare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	restorative	restorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	reversed	reverse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	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 |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prepare** | present | the storks |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **pronounce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the storks *not said here* | the restorative word |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 4 | **reverse** | past · passive |  | storks's transformation |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **transform** |  | storks *= stork* |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event 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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They bowed three times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = They bowed three times
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | They |  |  |  | time |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They bowed their long heads twice towards the setting sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = They bowed their long heads twice towards the setting sun
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | They | their long heads |  |  |  | towards the setting sun; twice *property* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They lowered their long necks once towards the rising moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = They lowered their long necks once towards the rising moon
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lowered	lower	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | past | They | their long necks |  | the rising moon |  | once *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent neck=Theme towards moon=Destination |

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

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They bowed their long necks three times towards the rising sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = They bowed their long necks three times towards the rising sun
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | They | their long necks |  |  | time | towards the rising sun | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Topic |

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