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title: Describe the conveyance in which the lovers were transported to the… — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the conveyance in which the lovers were transported to the Leafy Palace. Exam question 4 of lesson 1885 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine gets a white cow, then the Prince finds her and they ride off to the Leafy Palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 4 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine ge…

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Describe the conveyance in which the lovers were transported to the Leafy Palace.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, transport · **To what, where:** conveyance, lovers, Leafy Palace

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1885 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine gets a white cow, then the Prince finds her and they ride off to the Leafy Palace» 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/1885-pg7277-part22/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e4:1
# text = Describe the conveyance in which the lovers were transported to the Leafy Palace.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	transported	transport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Leafy	Leafy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conveyance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conveyance=Theme |
| 2 | **transport** | past · passive |  | the lovers | the Leafy Palace | the conveyance |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to palace=Destination |

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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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Two carts with wheels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e4:o1:1
# text = Two carts with wheels
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two chariots wreathed with flowers and drawn by white swans across the lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e4:o2:1
# text = Two chariots wreathed with flowers and drawn by white swans across the lake
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	chariots	chariot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	wreathed	wreathe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreathe** | participle |  | Two chariots *not said here* |  |  |  | with flowers | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme |
| 2 | **draw** | participle |  |  |  | the lake |  | by white swans | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Two chariots wreathed with flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e4:o3:1
# text = Two chariots wreathed with flowers
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	chariots	chariot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	wreathed	wreathe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreathe** | participle |  | Two chariots *not said here* |  |  |  | with flowers | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Two carriages decked with bows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e4:o4:1
# text = Two carriages decked with bows
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	carriages	carriage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	decked	deck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bows	bow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deck** | participle |  | Two carriages *not said here* |  |  |  | with bows | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bow=Theme |

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