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title: Which gift was bestowed upon the Princess Cynthia, and what conseque… — Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which gift was bestowed upon the Princess Cynthia, and what consequence did it produce? Exam question 3 of lesson 1878 «Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia visits three princesses and reports on each» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia…

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Which gift was bestowed upon the Princess Cynthia, and what consequence did it produce?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consequence · **What happens:** bestow, produce · **To what, where:** gift

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1878 «Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia visits three princesses and reports on each» 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/1878-pg7277-part15/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e3:1
# text = Which gift was bestowed upon the Princess Cynthia, and what consequence did it produce?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Cynthia	Cynthia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
12	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | past · passive |  | which gift |  |  |  | upon the Princess Cynthia | tree rules |
| 2 | **produce** | past · do-support | consequence |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Result |

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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 gift of wit, which made her clever but her lovers jealous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e3:o1:1
# text = the gift of wit, which made her clever but her lovers jealous
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the gift of wit | her *= she* |  |  |  | clever *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | wit |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the gift of eloquence, which made her talk endlessly and bore everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e3:o2:1
# text = the gift of eloquence, which made her talk endlessly and bore everyone
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	eloquence	eloquence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	endlessly	endlessly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bore	bear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the gift of eloquence | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | endlessly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bear** | past | the gift of eloquence *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |
| 4 | **gift** |  |  | eloquence |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the gift of singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e3:o3:1
# text = the gift of singing
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gift** |  |  | singing |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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

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the gift of pleasing, which made her insincere and her lovers disdainful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e3:o4:1
# text = the gift of pleasing, which made her insincere and her lovers disdainful
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pleasing	pleasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	insincere	insincere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	disdainful	disdainful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the gift of pleasing | insincere and gift's lovers and disdainful | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary insincere=Product |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | pleasing |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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