--- title: Which transformation does Hyacinthia perform first when the pursuit… — fairy book, Prince Milan and Hyacinthi… · tree and pragmatics description: Which transformation does Hyacinthia perform first when the pursuit resumes? Exam question 4 of lesson 1909 «fairy book, Prince Milan and Hyacinthia, part 46: Milan wins a second test and the pair flee the Magician» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1909-pg7277-part46/e4/) [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 book, Prince Milan and Hyacinthi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1909-pg7277-part46/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · fairy book, Prince Milan and Hyacinthia, part 46: Milan wi… Which transformation does Hyacinthia perform first when the pursuit resumes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** transformation · **What happens:** perform · **To what, where:** pursuit resumes This is exam question 4 of lesson 1909 «fairy book, Prince Milan and Hyacinthia, part 46: Milan wins a second test and the pair flee the Magician» 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/1909-pg7277-part46/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1909-pg7277-part46:e4:1 # text = Which transformation does Hyacinthia perform first when the pursuit resumes? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 transformation transformation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Hyacinthia Hyacinthia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 resumes resume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | present · do-support | which transformation | the pursuit resumes | | | | first *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} She becomes a river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1909-pg7277-part46:e4:o1:1 # text = She becomes a river 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | She | a river | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She turns to ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1909-pg7277-part46:e4:o2:1 # text = She turns to ice 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | She | | | ice | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ice=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} She becomes a bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1909-pg7277-part46:e4:o3:1 # text = She becomes a bird 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | She | a bird | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} She swims ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1909-pg7277-part46:e4:o4:1 # text = She swims 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present | She | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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