--- title: With reference to the passage, state the principal reason the Fairy… — Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part… · tree and pragmatics description: With reference to the passage, state the principal reason the Fairy of the Beech-Woods gave for arranging Celandine's vanity to be cured. Exam question 1 of lesson 1883 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell well, Celandine comes to the valley, Featherhead ignores her» of the books --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1883-pg7277-part20/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1883-pg7277-part20/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell we… With reference to the passage, state the principal reason the Fairy of the Beech-Woods gave for arranging Celandine's vanity to be cured. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** give, arrange, cure · **To what, where:** principal reason, vanity This is exam question 1 of lesson 1883 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell well, Celandine comes to the valley, Featherhead ignores her» 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/1883-pg7277-part20/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e1:1 # text = With reference to the passage, state the principal reason the Fairy of the Beech-Woods gave for arranging Celandine's vanity to be cured. 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 Beech Beech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Woods Woods PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 18 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 arranging arrange VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 21 Celandine Celandine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Fairy of the Beech Woods | the principal reason *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **arrange** | gerund | the Fairy of the Beech Woods *not said here* | Celandine's vanity | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vanity=Product | | 3 | **cure** | to-infinitive · passive | the Fairy of the Beech Woods *not said here* | | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme» | 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 {#o1} to make her care for another more than herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e1:o1:1 # text = to make her care for another more than herself 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|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 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 2 obl _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 obj _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | her care | | | | for another | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent care=Beneficiary more=Product for another=Asset | | 2 | **care** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} so that she would learn to be humble and kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e1:o2:1 # text = so that she would learn to be humble and kind 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | would | she | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | humble *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} to make her love someone better than herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e1:o3:1 # text = to make her love someone better than herself 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | someone | | | | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} so that she could give away all her gifts and live as a poor girl in the desert with the fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e1:o4:1 # text = so that she could give away all her gifts and live as a poor girl in the desert with the fish 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | could | she | her gifts | | | | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 2 | **live** | present | she *not said here* | | | | | as a poor girl in the desert with the fish | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **gift** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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