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description: State the precise manner in which the Prince's wounds were ultimately treated by the Princess upon her arrival. Exam question 3 of lesson 1905 «Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the prince becomes a dove, and Grannonia goes after him with a fox» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 3 · Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the pri…

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State the precise manner in which the Prince's wounds were ultimately treated by the Princess upon her arrival.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess, Prince · **What happens:** treat, wound, arrive · **To what, where:** wounds, precise manner

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1905 «Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the prince becomes a dove, and Grannonia goes after him with a fox» 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/1905-pg7277-part42/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1905-pg7277-part42:e3:1
# text = State the precise manner in which the Prince's wounds were ultimately treated by the Princess upon her arrival.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past · passive | the Princess upon Princess's arrival | the Prince's wounds |  | the precise manner |  | ultimately *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **wound** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **arrive** |  | Princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «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 {#o1}

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By pressing the warm blood of seven birds directly onto each of his open wounds.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1905-pg7277-part42:e3:o1:1
# text = By pressing the warm blood of seven birds directly onto each of his open wounds.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | gerund |  | the warm blood of seven birds |  | each |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |
| 2 | **wound** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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By rubbing the blood of the birds upon his wounds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1905-pg7277-part42:e3:o2:1
# text = By rubbing the blood of the birds upon his wounds.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | gerund |  | the blood of the birds |  | his wounds |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme upon wound=Destination |
| 2 | **wound** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By pouring water from the spring over his skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1905-pg7277-part42:e3:o3:1
# text = By pouring water from the spring over his skin.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund |  | water |  | his skin | spring |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By healing them slowly over many nights with the blood of the birds she had caught.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1905-pg7277-part42:e3:o4:1
# text = By healing them slowly over many nights with the blood of the birds she had caught.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	healing	heal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  | night | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | the birds *not said here* | she |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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