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title: What was the principal objective of Paridamie in the wonder she inte… — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal objective of Paridamie in the wonder she intended to display? Exam question 4 of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 4 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch fall…

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What was the principal objective of Paridamie in the wonder she intended to display?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal objective, Paridamie · **What happens:** be, intend, display · **To what, where:** wonder

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» 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/1875-pg7277-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:e4:1
# text = What was the principal objective of Paridamie in the wonder she intended to display?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	objective	objective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	display	display	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the principal objective of Paridamie in the wonder |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **intend** | past | Paridamie | the wonder *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **display** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Paridamie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 {#o1}

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To show a dress of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = To show a dress of gold
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | a dress of gold |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dress=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To exhibit a palace under the sea that would swallow the rival fairies whole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = To exhibit a palace under the sea that would swallow the rival fairies whole
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	exhibit	exhibit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	rival	rival	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | a palace |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |
| 2 | **swallow** | would | that | the rival fairies |  | the sea |  | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To exhibit a Princess who would captivate all beholders and win the crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = To exhibit a Princess who would captivate all beholders and win the crown
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	exhibit	exhibit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	captivate	captivate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	beholders	beholder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | to-infinitive |  | a Princess |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
| 2 | **captivate** | would | a Princess | all beholders |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beholder=Experiencer |
| 3 | **win** | present |  | the crown |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Eventuality |

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

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To exhibit a Princess who would captivate all beholders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = To exhibit a Princess who would captivate all beholders
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	exhibit	exhibit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	captivate	captivate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	beholders	beholder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | to-infinitive |  | a Princess |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
| 2 | **captivate** | would | a Princess | all beholders |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beholder=Experiencer |

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