--- title: What did the stranger transform the lady's brother into? — Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the stranger transform the lady's brother into? Exam question 1 of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1927-pg7277-part64/e1/) [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 Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1927-pg7277-part64/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor fre… What did the stranger transform the lady's brother into? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stranger · **What happens:** transform · **To what, where:** brother This is exam question 1 of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» 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/1927-pg7277-part64/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e1:1 # text = What did the stranger transform the lady's brother into? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 transform transform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transform** | past · do-support | the stranger | the lady's brother | | | | | tree rules | 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} Fox. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e1:o1:1 # text = Fox. 1 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A white stag with golden antlers. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e1:o2:1 # text = A white stag with golden antlers. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 antlers antler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A deer that spoke with a human voice. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e1:o3:1 # text = A deer that spoke with a human voice. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | a deer | | | | | with a human voice | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with voice=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A stag. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e1:o4:1 # text = A stag. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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