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title: With reference to the passage, identify the means by which the Fairy… — Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, identify the means by which the Fairy concealed Celandine's true appearance from Prince Featherhead. Exam question 2 of lesson 1883 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell well, Celandine comes to the valley, Featherhead ignores her» of the books cours
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell we…

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With reference to the passage, identify the means by which the Fairy concealed Celandine's true appearance from Prince Featherhead.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the, Fairy · **What happens:** identify, mean, conceal · **To what, where:** true appearance, Prince Featherhead · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e2:1
# text = With reference to the passage, identify the means by which the Fairy concealed Celandine's true appearance from Prince Featherhead.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
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	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	nsubj	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
15	Celandine	Celandine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	Featherhead	featherhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **conceal** | past | the Fairy | Celandine's true appearance |  | Prince Featherhead |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient from featherhead=Beneficiary |

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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 {#o1}

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she sprinkled a potion on the poor girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e2:o1:1
# text = she sprinkled a potion on the poor girl
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprinkle** | past | she | a potion |  |  |  | on the poor girl | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent potion=Theme on girl=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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she threw an enchantment over the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e2:o2:1
# text = she threw an enchantment over the Princess
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | she | a enchantment |  |  |  | over the Princess | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent enchantment=Theme over princess=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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she waved her wand and gave the Princess a grey cloak that hid her beauty from all the court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e2:o3:1
# text = she waved her wand and gave the Princess a grey cloak that hid her beauty from all the court
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waved	wave	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	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | she | her wand |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | past | she *not said here* | a grey cloak | the Princess |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient cloak=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** | past | a grey cloak | Princess's beauty |  | all court |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent beauty=Patient from court=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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she threw an enchantment over the Princess and made her seem ugly to everyone at the palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:e2:o4:1
# text = she threw an enchantment over the Princess and made her seem ugly to everyone at the palace
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	seem	seem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | she | a enchantment |  |  |  | over the Princess | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent enchantment=Theme over princess=Destination |
| 2 | **make** | past | she *not said here* | Princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **seem** | infinitive | Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ugly everyone | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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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