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description: Pursuant to the narrative, upon which eyelid did Dame Goody apply the ointment? Exam question 1 of lesson 1974 «English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a stolen look that costs an eye» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a st…

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Pursuant to the narrative, upon which eyelid did Dame Goody apply the ointment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** eyelid · **What happens:** apply · **To what, where:** ointment, narrative

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1974 «English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a stolen look that costs an eye» 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/1974-pg7439-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the narrative, upon which eyelid did Dame Goody apply the ointment?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
8	eyelid	eyelid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	Goody	Goody	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	apply	apply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | past · do-support | eyelid | the ointment |  | the narrative |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme upon which=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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her own right eyelid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = her own right eyelid
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	eyelid	eyelid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the old pixy's eyelid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = the old pixy's eyelid
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pixy	pixy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	eyelid	eyelid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the baby's eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = the baby's eyes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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her own left eyelid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = her own left eyelid
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	eyelid	eyelid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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