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title: Which creature, in the judgement of the narrative, was in reality a… — Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fail…

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Which creature, in the judgement of the narrative, was in reality a mighty magician, and by what means did he conduct the Prince's second attempt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature, mighty magician, he, Prince · **What happens:** be, mean, conduct, attempt · **To what, where:** mighty magician, second attempt · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1934 «Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fails to steal the golden horse and is caught» 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/1934-pg7277-part71/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:e1:1
# text = Which creature, in the judgement of the narrative, was in reality a mighty magician, and by what means did he conduct the Prince's second attempt?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	reality	reality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
21	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
22	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	conduct	conduct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	29	amod	_	_
29	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which creature and the judgement of the narrative | a mighty magician |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a mighty magician |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **conduct** | past · do-support | he | the Prince's second attempt |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Theme |
| 4 | **attempt** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a wolf, a magician

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:e1:o1:1
# text = a wolf, a magician
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a fox who disguised himself as a merchant lord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:e1:o2:1
# text = a fox who disguised himself as a merchant lord
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | past | a fox | fox |  |  |  | as a merchant lord | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a wolf who transformed himself into a monarch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:e1:o3:1
# text = a wolf who transformed himself into a monarch
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	transformed	transform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past | a wolf | wolf |  |  |  | into a monarch *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into monarch=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a wolf who posed as a wealthy old beggar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:e1:o4:1
# text = a wolf who posed as a wealthy old beggar
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	posed	pose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pose** | past | a wolf |  |  |  |  | as a wealthy old beggar | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as beggar=Attribute |

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