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title: In what manner did the pixy respond upon discovering her observation? — English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the pixy respond upon discovering her observation? Exam question 2 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 and of ea
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Dame Goody, the pixy's ointment: a st…

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In what manner did the pixy respond upon discovering her observation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pixy respond, her · **What happens:** do, discover, observe · **To what, where:** pixy respond, manner, observation

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the pixy respond upon discovering her observation?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pixy	pixy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	respond	respond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the pixy respond |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality |
| 2 | **discover** | gerund | the pixy respond *not said here* | her observation |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent observation=Topic |
| 3 | **observe** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom observation «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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he struck her left eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = he struck her left eye
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | he | her left eye |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he struck her right eye with his iron staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = he struck her right eye with his iron staff
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | with his iron staff | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient eye=Result with staff=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he slapped her left cheek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = he slapped her left cheek
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slapped	slap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slap** | past | he | her left cheek |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient |

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

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he struck her right eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1974-pg7439-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = he struck her right eye
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent she=Patient eye=Result |

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