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title: Which of the following identifies the person who was responsible for… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narciss… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following identifies the person who was responsible for rescuing Prince Narcissus from the Enchanter's blow? Exam question 4 of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the Kin
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# Exam question 4 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess…

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Which of the following identifies the person who was responsible for rescuing Prince Narcissus from the Enchanter's blow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** person, Enchanter · **What happens:** follow, identify, be, rescue, blow · **To what, where:** person, Narcissus, blow

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the King» 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/1881-pg7277-part18/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e4:1
# text = Which of the following identifies the person who was responsible for rescuing Prince Narcissus from the Enchanter's blow?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	rescuing	rescue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:desc	_	_
14	Narcissus	Narcissus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | the person |  |  |  |  | responsible *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **rescue** | gerund | the person *not said here* | Narcissus  Prince |  | the Enchanter's blow |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent narcissus=Theme from blow=Source |
| 5 | **blow** |  | the Enchanter |  |  |  |  |  | nom blow «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the Fairy Melinette

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e4:o1:1
# text = the Fairy Melinette
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Fairy Melinette who carried him off to her castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e4:o2:1
# text = the Fairy Melinette who carried him off to her castle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry off** | past | the Fairy Melinette | him *= he* |  | Melinette's castle |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to castle=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Enchanter's nephew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e4:o3:1
# text = the Enchanter's nephew
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Fairy Frivola

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e4:o4:1
# text = the Fairy Frivola
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Frivola	Frivola	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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