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title: According to the passage, by what means did Fairy Melinette prevent… — Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus an… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

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According to the passage, by what means did Fairy Melinette prevent the Princess from betraying her true feelings?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** accord, mean, prevent, betray · **To what, where:** passage, Princess, true feelings · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» 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/1880-pg7277-part17/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e2:1
# text = According to the passage, by what means did Fairy Melinette prevent the Princess from betraying her true feelings?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	prevent	prevent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	betraying	betray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the passage *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to passage=Goal |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **prevent** | past · do-support | Fairy | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer princess=Theme |
| 4 | **betray** | gerund | Fairy *not said here* | Fairy's true feelings |  |  |  |  | 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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By turning herself into a frog and hiding in the Princess's bedroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e2:o1:1
# text = By turning herself into a frog and hiding in the Princess's bedroom
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | herself *= she* |  |  |  | into a frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into frog=Result |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  | the Princess's bedroom |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bedroom=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By speaking in the voice of the Prince and then hiding behind the arbour for an hour

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e2:o2:1
# text = By speaking in the voice of the Prince and then hiding behind the arbour for an hour
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
12	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	arbour	arbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  | the voice of the Prince |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  | the arbour | then; hour |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind arbour=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By wearing a Prince's cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e2:o3:1
# text = By wearing a Prince's cloak
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund |  | a Prince's cloak |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme |

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

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By speaking in the Prince's voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e2:o4:1
# text = By speaking in the Prince's voice
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  | the Prince's voice |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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