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title: How did Sylvia describe the situation of the Princess Iris following… — Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did Sylvia describe the situation of the Princess Iris following her illness? Exam question 4 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 pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia…

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How did Sylvia describe the situation of the Princess Iris following her illness?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sylvia · **What happens:** describe, follow · **To what, where:** situation, illness

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e4:1
# text = How did Sylvia describe the situation of the Princess Iris following her illness?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Sylvia	Sylvia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Iris	Iris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | past · do-support | Sylvia | the situation of the Princess Iris |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent situation=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | Sylvia *not said here* | Sylvia's illness |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Theme |

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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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she lost her beauty, and she wept in the garden every single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e4:o1:1
# text = she lost her beauty, and she wept in the garden every single night
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | she | her beauty |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Eventuality |
| 2 | **weep** | past | she |  |  |  | night | in the garden | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in garden=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she was sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e4:o2:1
# text = she was sad
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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her beauty was gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e4:o3:1
# text = her beauty was gone
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | her beauty |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

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

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her beauty had vanished, and she despaired and begged for its return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e4:o4:1
# text = her beauty had vanished, and she despaired and begged for its return
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	despaired	despair	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past · perfect | her beauty |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **despair** | past | beauty |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | beauty *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for its return | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for return=Topic |
| 4 | **return** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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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