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title: By what gradual procedure was the Prince's ablution conducted in the… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what gradual procedure was the Prince's ablution conducted in the marble bath? Exam question 1 of lesson 1917 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath, the Black Bird's words, and a paper ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath,…

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By what gradual procedure was the Prince's ablution conducted in the marble bath?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, conduct · **To what, where:** ablution, marble bath

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1917 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath, the Black Bird's words, and a paper ship» 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/1917-pg7277-part54/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e1:1
# text = By what gradual procedure was the Prince's ablution conducted in the marble bath?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
3	gradual	gradual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	ablution	ablution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Prince's ablution |  |  |  | by gradual procedure | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** | participle |  | the Prince's ablution *not said here* |  | the marble bath |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in bath=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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By one immediate complete immersion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e1:o1:1
# text = By one immediate complete immersion
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	immersion	immersion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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By daily increments of water depth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e1:o2:1
# text = By daily increments of water depth
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	increments	increment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By alternating hot and cold draughts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e1:o3:1
# text = By alternating hot and cold draughts
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	alternating	alternate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	draughts	draught	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alternate** | gerund |  | hot draughts |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By sprinkling from above by attendants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e1:o4:1
# text = By sprinkling from above by attendants
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	above	above	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprinkle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by attendants | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by attendant=Destination |

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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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