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title: Which person did the eldest Fairy's Book of Magic reveal as the thie… — Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which person did the eldest Fairy's Book of Magic reveal as the thief of the Princess's heart? Exam question 1 of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 1 · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M…

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Which person did the eldest Fairy's Book of Magic reveal as the thief of the Princess's heart?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** person, eldest Book · **What happens:** do, reveal

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» 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/1891-pg7277-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e1:1
# text = Which person did the eldest Fairy's Book of Magic reveal as the thief of the Princess's heart?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
6	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	reveal	reveal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which person |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reveal** | present | Fairy's eldest Book of Magic |  |  |  |  | as the thief of the Princess's heart | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as thief=Attribute |

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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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Gorgonzola

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = Gorgonzola
1	Gorgonzola	Gorgonzola	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 young Prince Fadasse of the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = the young Prince Fadasse of the north
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Fadasse	Fadasse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Brandatimor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = Brandatimor
1	Brandatimor	Brandatimor	PROPN	NNP	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 Ambassador's squire Brandatimor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = the Ambassador's squire Brandatimor
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	Brandatimor	Brandatimor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

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