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title: Upon what condition was the transformation of the Laidly Worm revers… — English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition was the transformation of the Laidly Worm reversed? Exam question 2 of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

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Upon what condition was the transformation of the Laidly Worm reversed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** be, reverse · **To what, where:** transformation, Laidly Worm

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» 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/1970-pg7439-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e2:1
# text = Upon what condition was the transformation of the Laidly Worm reversed?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Laidly	Laidly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	reversed	reverse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | condition | the transformation |  |  |  | of the Laidly Worm | tree rules |
| 2 | **reverse** | participle |  | the Laidly Worm *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 promise of gold and three kisses from Childe Wynd's own lips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = A promise of gold and three kisses from Childe Wynd's own lips
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	kisses	kiss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** |  |  | gold |  | Childe Wynd's own lips |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient from=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three gifts from his mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = Three gifts from his mother
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Three kisses from Childe Wynd given at the castle gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = Three kisses from Childe Wynd given at the castle gate
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kisses	kiss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | Three kisses from Childe Wynd *not said here* |  | the castle gate |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at gate=Asset |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Three kisses from Childe Wynd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = Three kisses from Childe Wynd
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kisses	kiss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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